Why? Oh why did this have to happen to ME? –part 8
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Remus's POV – part 2
The days had seemed to fly by for me and the Marauders. We had done so much in so little time with the help of Emily. At first it had been a bit weird having someone else as part of the group but eventually all of us became used to her. At first I thought that Padfoot and Prongs had been tormenting her like they did Snape. It took a bit of snooping around to figure out they liked having her around.
None of us knew the first thing about her. We all knew the basic, that she is a Hufflepuff and her name. Other than that she is a mystery.
It was a few days after we met her that I had a weird conversation with Prongs. I was outside on the grounds trying to finish an essay when Prongs came. It was rare to see Prongs these days since he had been a little preoccupied with Quidditch tryouts.
"Hey Moony, I figured you would be out here."
"Prongs, did you need something," I knew something was up otherwise Prongs wouldn't be here unless it was something important. I waited for him to say something when he didn't I figured that he just needed time to get his thoughts together. He just sat there for a few moments until he cleared his throat.
"So Moony, I was just wondering if you can answer something for me." Something told me to be wary. He had been acting too weird Prongs isn't the type to ask questions. Of course that can only mean that this isn't a normal conversation and figured it had something to do with Lily. Therefore against my better judgment I motioned for him to continue.
"What do you think about Emily?" Even though it sounded like a simple question something told me it wasn't. Still it sounded innocent enough so I answered honestly.
At first I was just going to dismiss it as Prongs just being weird but that didn't last long. That same afternoon I saw him drag Padfoot with him that was when I began to get suspicious. The following day both Prongs and Padfoot had woken up early and left. I had followed them all the way to the Hufflepuff dorm. Of course things just got weirder as the week progressed.
Eventually I ended up asking them about it but Padfoot being Padfoot denied everything. As for Prongs he was acting more and more like Sirius. The only one that seemed scared about me finding out had been Emily. I knew it couldn't be anything bad. Otherwise they wouldn't have dragged Emily with them but still something just didn't seem right.
Still I didn't think things had changed much the only difference was that we had a new member. I didn't realize that it would end up being further from the truth…
It was a few weeks later that things began to get complicated. Mainly for me I tried not to think about it too much. She had become one of the Marauders, she became one of us. Usually when I dreamt the only dreams I would have would be nightmares. The nightmares were usually the only things that could keep me up at night.
Soon my nights and even days were being consumed by images of her. At first I ignored it and figured the reason behind all these sleepless nights had to do with the curse. Then I figured it was because she had become a Marauder but when the images continued I knew that wasn't it. That was when I realized that it might be something I might not be able to control.
Over the break I was able to let go of some of the built up stress. It seemed that all I needed was a little break away from her but when we got back. The images began to come more frequently it was becoming rather distracting. I was not used to having so little control of myself it reminded me of those nights when the full moon came. No one had noticed but I figured that I would end up slipping up sooner or later…
The day things began to get out of control was the day we ended up going to Hogsmead. It was the yearly trip in which Hogwarts would allow its students to go into town. We had eventually made our way to the edge of town. I didn't notice where we were until I caught sight of the shack. I could see Emily make her way closer to the fence I knew that she wanted to go there. There was a part of me that wanted to tell her but the part that preferred to keep things a secret won over.
The others seemed to have noticed the same thing I did. I'm not sure if they had done it on purpose or not but they had gotten into an argument. The argument eventually ended up escalating into a snowball fight.
I could see the snowballs begin to head our way. Without thinking I grabbed Emily and took her with me behind a small boulder. I was trying to see where the rest were going when I felt something cold smack me right in the face. I was shocked, Emily had thrown me a snowball and she was laughing. It was just unexpected but I figured the most reasonable course of action was to get her back. So as calmly as possible I began to gather snow for a snowball. She wasted no time in running as far as possible from me. I chased after her trying to get her back while avoiding the ones being thrown at me.
I hadn't noticed that Emily and I were the only ones in this area. Apparently we had lost the rest a while back but it didn't matter much I had her right where I wanted her.
My blood was pumping through my veins with excitement whenever I gave chase. It reminded me of a feeling the feeling of a predator after its cornered prey. This feeling was overwhelming I hadn't been able to let go and have fun in a long time. It felt like I was finally able to let go without having to worry about anything.
As quietly as I could I made my way towards her until I was right behind her. She had pressed herself against the boulder trying to see over the side. She was looking for us, seeing her all tense that way caused a small smirk to grace my lips.
"Forfeit," the words left my lips before I could think about what I was saying. I could see her go completely tense I knew I had surprised her. I expected her to deflate and probably pout before admitting defeat. I wasn't sure why but having to chase her made me feel like someone else. Something told me it had to do with the part of me that was a Werewolf. The part of me that is a beast and that this was like the predator after its prey.
"Never," I hadn't expected her to say that but then again she never failed to amaze me. My body was reacting on pure impulse much like a wolf would do. In one swift moment I had her back against the boulder and a snowball between me and her.
"Are you sure about that?" I was on edge and I was giving her a chance to back down. If she forfeited now I would let her go but if she didn't I wasn't sure what I would do. I waited for her answer, she opened her mouth to speak her eyes stared right at mine before she answered.
"Positive," my fingers began to glide to her sides before I could register what I was doing. She began to laugh as I tickled her mercilessly.
"No fair! Hahahaha, you win!" By the time I stopped tickling her, she was on the ground. My hands were on either side of her face and she was looking up at me. Her hair was spread out on the snowy floor but all I could seem to focus on was her lips.
I'm not sure why but I had the sudden urge to take Padfoot's advice and snog her right here and now. The look she gave me made realize that I was slowly losing control of myself. It was the side of me that wanted to feel her lips against mine, was taking control. It was the part of me that wanted to make her mine and only mine.
I wanted to feel her soft lips. Without thinking my hand went up to cup her cheek. I saw as her eyes began to close. Her breathing was coming out in short puffs as my breath mingled with hers. Just when my lips were about to touch hers we were interrupted by Peter.
"Moony! Emily! Where are you?"
In that small moment I was able to snap out of it. I had lost control and I was afraid of how she would react. I waited for her to say something but when she didn't I decided that I should be the one to say something. Just as I opened my mouth to say something she began to call out to Peter.
"Over here Peter!"
I took that as her answer she obviously wanted to get away from me a soon as possible. When she wouldn't even look at me I realized that the best thing to do was to forget about it.
Back to Emily's POV
It had been a few weeks since I had my talk with Lily and Snape. I hadn't even realized that the school year was almost over. Everyone was already beginning to talk about their plans for the summer. Lily was going on a trip with her family. Snape, well he never liked to talk about what his family did. As for the Marauders most of them seemed to have their own plans. James had invited all of us to his house over the summer. I told them that I would try to come this time.
Our trip on the train went rather smooth we bought all types of treats and ate until there was nothing left. When we arrived we all said our good-byes and went our separate ways. Just like the year before my aunt Abigail, picked me up.
Abigail is the sister of my father. They don't get a long but I adore her. She never asked me why I asked her to pick me up instead of my parents. I didn't have to she knew how they were after all she was the black sheep of the family. Even as a child she had always been kind to me. It became like a routine in which I would spend some of my summer at her house and the rest at home.
She lived in a small home a few miles away from where we lived. I loved visiting her as long as I didn't have to see a certain someone. Her neighbors are wizards as well and live next door in a bigger place. My aunt wasn't poor or anything but she's like me who doesn't like extra luxuries. She has always preferred a smaller home as opposed to a mansion. Her neighbors on the other hand preferred to show off especially their son. He didn't go to Hogwarts like I did, his parents made sure he got into a more prestigious school. I never bothered to ask since he's such a jerk he's always thinking he's better than everyone else.
"Emily, how are you? How was your trip?" She was driving us towards her house. I was sitting in the passenger's side.
"Great! What about you auntie? How's uncle by the way?"
"You know how he is always trying to discover new species. He's off in Egypt at the moment so it will just be you and me for a while. By the way I brought Eleanor a few days ago your parents weren't home so I figured why not." I couldn't help but laugh that was just like my aunt. She never liked playing by the rules. A lot of people said that I acted more like my aunt than my parents.
"So tell me have you made any friends who happen to be good-looking wizards?" I knew where this was going I could feel my cheeks become pink.
"I've made a few friends."
"Oh no you don't you are going to tell me all the juicy details when we get home. I am sure Eleanor wants to hear to."
When we arrived we were greeted by Eleanor. She had milk and cookies ready for us to eat. My aunt wasted no time in getting me into the living room she wanted to know everything. I proceeded to tell her about the pranks and other stuff I did with the Marauders.
"So let me get this straight you made friends with this group called the Marauders right." I nodded my head in response.
"That's not like a serial group now is it because if you're off killing people I think I have a right to know." Leave it to my aunt to joke while I try to tell her about my second year at Hogwarts.
"No aunt," I rolled my eyes in response.
"Wait you aren't telling me something. Could it be are you in love?" I tried not to look at her and tried to focus my attention on the cookies.
"You are! Tell me no wait let me guess. Okay it can't be the Potters kid hmmm. It can't be Sirius or that Peter kid. Oh my- you're in love with that Remus kid aren't you!"
"He's not a kid and you already knew so there's no point in yelling."
"Wait is it the same guy that sent you that gift on Christmas?" My eyes widened how did she know?
"Wait! Who told you?" She just shrugged her shoulders like it wasn't a big deal.
"Eleanor showed me while you were unpacking. By the way I think that it's a nice music box. He's got good taste if you know what I mean." I could feel myself go red my aunt always had such a way with words.
The next few days were pretty much the same I loved being here. It felt like home sometimes I wondered if maybe I should just move in with her. At the same time I didn't want to cause her problems. I knew that if I ever did my parents would do everything possible to make her life a living hell. I couldn't let that happen to her I loved her too much. She was like the mother I should have had.
It had only been a week when I received a letter from my parents saying that they wanted me home. I didn't want to go but I had no choice so I said my good-byes to my aunt and left. I didn't know what to expect my parents have always been a mystery to me always getting mad at everything. When I arrived I was surprised to see the only lights on were the ones in my father's study.
"Sit down." There was no hi how are you? Or I miss you. I wasn't surprised after all my family was never the type to show affection. I sat down in the chair situated in front of his desk.
"I want you to clear something up for me." I waited for him to continue whatever it was it couldn't be good.
"You see I've been hearing a lot of rumors lately." I continued to stay silent it was something I had learned a long time ago. Listen before you speak and do not speak unless you know exactly what you are about to say. At the moment I had no idea what he was talking about so I waited for him to clarify.
"They say that my daughter has been hanging around with filth. Now I'm a reasonable man so I decided to ask you myself because this can't be true. My daughter would never disrespect me in such a way."
"I don't know what you're talking about," I could see the veins of his neck he was mad I could see it.
"Let me be more specific, is it true what they say that you are associating yourself with filth. Do the names Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and LILIAN EVANS RING A BELL!" He had slammed his hand against his desk and had a murderous look that was being directed at me. As calmly as I possibly could, I answered.
"No father I have not been associating myself with filth." I could see him calm down and could see that stupid self gratifying smile grace his lips. "As for the people you mentioned they are my friends you must have had them confused with the real filth. Like those people you tend to associate yourself with." In a matter of seconds we had withdrawn our wands and were pointed at each other.
"How dare you raise your wand at me! Get out of my sight! I don't want to see you!"
"You don't have to worry about that because I'm leaving."
"Hahaha, your leaving where are you going to go. You have no were to run and as long as you live under my roof! You will do as I say! You will no longer be allowed to be near them or else."
"Or else what? You can't do anything to me I'm leaving and I will do what I want. They are my friends and I will continue to talk to them whether you like it or not."
"You insolent brat have you forgotten who pays for your school. If you don't do as I say you can say good-bye to Hogwarts." It was my turn to laugh.
"You don't get it do you. It doesn't matter you can stop whenever you want I don't need you. I have never needed you. Your threats don't work on me. I am tired of having to listen to you. You will no longer have control over me. And another thing the only reason you hate wizards who are muggle born is because you fear them."
"GET OUT!"
I didn't look back. I grabbed my things and began to walk away when I heard small footsteps following me. I turned around and found Eleanor.
"Eleanor what are you doing?"
"Eleanor will go with Miss." To be honest I want entirely sure what I was doing I didn't want her to suffer.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes Miss Eleanor will go wherever the Missis goes."
"Thank you," hearing her say that made me feel a little lighter.
There was just one stop I had to make first. I had to go to Gringotts the good thing was that they were never closed. I grabbed the key to my own personal vault. I had opened it up a year ago transferring all the money I have ever gotten. The good thing about my parent's friends was that they always sent money instead of gifts. I knew that I had enough to sustain me and Eleanor for a while but for now I needed to get us a place to sleep. When I reached my vault I was shocked I hadn't bothered to check how much I had. The vault was filled with coins it was more than enough for everything I needed. I grabbed a bag and filled it with coins.
Eleanor and I ended up staying at the Leaky Cauldron. It was the only place I knew it wasn't much but it was too late to go looking for a place. I sent a letter to an old friend asking if they could help me find a place.
The next morning I received a response they had found me a place. It was only a few miles away from the Leaky Cauldron. We arrived through there through the fire place. It wasn't much compared to my parent's house but it was more than enough.
A few weeks later I received a letter from James he was inviting all of us over to his house. I told Eleanor that I was going to go and that I would leave her with enough money to buy things. I arrived at his house by normal means of transportation. It was strange since it would be the first time I had never stepped foot in the Potters house. I was greeted by a woman who I assumed was Mrs. Potter.
"Hello you must be Emily"
"Hi it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Come in James is in his room you can just go up there. I'm sure the rest will arrive soon."
"Thank you," I couldn't help but smile at the woman, she is so nice. I slowly made my way up the stairs they were decorated in the colors of Gryffindor. Once I reached the top I realized that I hadn't asked which room belonged to him. I ended up just standing there confused as to which way to go.
This was why I never liked mansions too many rooms and no maps to tell you "you are here." While I was in the process of picking at random I heard the door bell ring. I could hear voices from down stairs it sounded like Remus. By the time he had reached the top of the stairs I had been able to compose myself.
"Emily it's nice to see you."
"It's nice to see you to Remus."
"Where are the rest?" I could feel my face color at his question it reminded me why I hadn't moved from my spot. Remus was giving me a questioning look. He was probably wondering why my face had that look like a scolded child.
"They are in James's room the problem is…I don't know where that is." I expected him to laugh or call me stupid instead he gave me a reassuring smile.
"It's this way don't worry it's a bit confusing all the doors look the same."
I followed him to James's room which was down the opposite corridor I was going to choose. Before we could reach the door it was thrown open by James himself.
"Hey Emily you came great you can help too come on in you two." I looked towards Remus to see if he could provide me some sort of clue as to what was going on. All I received was a shrug of his shoulders he didn't seem to know either. There were no words to describe what I saw.
Peter and Sirius were off in one corner building what looked like homemade stink bombs. James on the other hand looked like he was trying to build something. Something told me that James was up to his crazy ideas again and that Sirius was the one who talked him into doing it.
"Prongs want to explain what's going on?"
"Okay well you know what my mom said during Christmas. That I wasn't allowed to buy any more things from Zonko's joke shop."
"Yes," I knew that tone whatever it was that James was doing was obviously not good.
"Well I was thinking they never said anything about building my own. So I talked to my dad and he brought us all the things we need." Yup, typical James he's always finding ways around rules and for getting himself out of trouble. I even remember a few times he had managed to convince Professor McGonagall not to give us detention.
"Here Moony you understand this stuff and have more patience than I do. Emily can you help me with this."
"Sure"
We spent the afternoon making who knows what. In the process Sirius had accidentally released something that had caused Peter to grow long blond hair. None of us said a word until Sirius commented that Peter should get used to it because it was permanent. Of course that had only been a joke except that Peter thought he was serious so he fainted from the shock.
I enjoyed myself with the Potters we had all sat down and ate the dinner Mrs. Potter made. Afterwards we were all shown to our own respective rooms.
Authors note: Okay sorry if it seemed a little rushed but I have reasons for doing so. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and hopefully I will be getting some reviews. Oh and also I hope all of you enjoyed Remus's POV and that it has helped you to better understand the situation.
Ps: I made his POV short cuz it started to get a bit weird. I mean I had to keep telling myself "If I was a guy what would I be thinking." Let me tell you it's so not cool. By the way I have asked a good number of guys about what they think and let me tell you its just weird. We girls were never meant to know what they think and vice versa.