A/N: So, this is guaranteed a longer chapter. YAY! (:D FantasyEye, this should make you a little happy.)
This isn't going to be a good chapter. I'm cringing just thinking about you all reading it. But, it's necessary.
Chapter 9My heart was pounding as I ran down the corridor; my pale blonde hair was flying behind me. I screamed out for someone to help me, anyone. But no one had heard my screams. No one came. I finally had nowhere else to go and Snape had already caught up. He had lazily pointed his wand at me.
"Please…" I whispered as tears started to stream down my face. My pleads caught in my throat as I saw the monster behind him. The werewolf looked at me with hungry gold eyes. My breathing quickened almost to the point of hyperventilating.
"I warned you," Snape shrugged. And my screams grew louder as the werewolf suddenly attacked.
I woke up, sweating. I had screamed as I got up, waking up my dorm mates. Way to start off Halloween, I thought.
"Oh my MERLIN, Fayre! Are you alright?" asked Grace with wide eyes. My other dorm mate, Claudia, rubbed her eyes.
"Yeah. You sounded like you were dying," she stated.
"I personally thought you were getting maimed," said my other dorm mate, Ariana, getting up.
"Sorry," I said sheepishly.
"Nightmare?" asked Ariana looking at me concerned with pale blue eyes. I nodded my head.
"Just your luck, with today being Halloween and all," said Claudia, her almond-shaped eyes widening with excitement. Her favorite holiday is Halloween. You couldn't blame her for being excited that it started out with her dorm mate screaming bloody murder. My dorm mates fell back to sleep, except for Claudia, she sat up and read a book. I walked into our shared bathroom and my hair was pale blonde again (the magic dye only lasted for a day and didn't damage your hair like muggle dye does). I used my wand to brush it out and then dyed it black with orange at the tips in spirit of Halloween. But I couldn't help but feel shaken after that nightmare. It was the fifth time I have had it since Snape's letter but it was the first time that I was attacked, let alone by a werewolf. Mentally, I thanked God for letting it not be a full moon tonight. That would've been too much for me. After I finished getting ready, I sat on the windowsill and looked out into the early morning. Even the Whomping Willow looked peaceful.
I told Lily my dream and about the letter from Snape as we walked to Breakfast. Lily rolled her eyes.
"That's just Snape. Nothing bad will happen to you, I promise." I just nodded my head and smiled. But for some reason, I didn't feel assured.
Lily's POVFayre looked a little jumpy when I met her this morning. Claudia had already told me with wide brown eyes that Fayre had a nightmare last night, but she wasn't sure what it was about. I thought that was why Fayre was so jumpy… But I learned, it was much more than just a nightmare.
After she had explained Severus' letter and her nightmare to me, I knew Severus would do something. Or let his friends do something.
I just told her everything would be okay and I promised that nothing would happen to her.
I hoped it was a promise I could keep.
When we got to Breakfast, I watched Fayre as she sat down in between Remus and Sirius. I smiled to myself when I saw her and Remus smile to each other. And then I went to James.
"Potter, I need help," I whispered into his ear. He looked at me confused.
"With…what?" he asked. I motioned to him to follow me. He obliged.
"What's up?" he asked after we were out of the Great Hall.
"Severus."
"Snivellus? What about him?"
"His name is SEVERUS, James," I said exasperated.
"Okay, what about him?"
"He threatened Fayre."
"He…THREATENED Fayre? Does Severus DO that? Threaten people?"
"Well, it was sort of a warning slash threatening."
"O…kay…"
"He said if she wouldn't get me to talk to him then he wouldn't stop his 'friends'." I explained. James just stared at me.
"Like…Fletcher and all of them?" he asked. I nodded my head slowly.
"Why?" he asked. I shrugged.
"Something about how Severus wouldn't let them 'prank' me and they just chose the next best muggleborn," I said. I saw a flash of anger go through James' eyes. That gave me a surge of joy that he was so protective of me…
"So, what do we do?" I asked.
"Tell Sirius."
"Why?"
"Because he CARES about her the most."
"So does REMUS."
"Wait… Remus likes Fayre?"
"You didn't know this?"
"No…"
"Wait…Sirius likes Fayre?"
"No…?"
"James!"
"Well, of course he does! It's Fayre! It's the only girl he has actually liked for the longest time. Even before he knew it, he liked her. Maybe even loves her."
I stared at him.
He looked sort of uncomfortable under my stare.
"What?" he asked.
"Sirius LOVES Fayre?" I asked.
"I said maybe didn't I?"
"No, this isn't good."
"I'm not following…"
"This is the only girl REMUS has ever liked!"
"Well…uh…"
"Oh God. That means she's not going to get either of them…"
"I'm still not following…"
"Don't you see? They would've promised themselves not to get involved with the other's relationship! BECAUSE YOU DUMMIES ARE ALL BEST FRIENDS!"
"I don't see how that makes us dummies, Lily…"
"Just… Do what you can to make sure Fayre stays safe."
"Why do you think something is going to happen anyway?"
"Because she had a nightmare!"
"A nightmare?" asked James confused. Oh right, I didn't explain that part.
"She had a nightmare about Snape and a werewolf which I'm figuring is Remus," I said.
"And how does that mean something is going to happen?"
"Because her subconscious is warning her," I stated exasperatedly. James just stared at me and then it dawned on him.
"But, Fletcher doesn't know about Remus…"
"Yeah… But-
"Snape does." We both finished.
I nodded my head.
"So PLEASE do something," I begged him.
"Well, well, well. I never thought this day would come," said James with a smirk.
"What?"
"You begging for me," he said beaming. I rolled my eyes and hit him playfully on his shoulder.
"I'm not begging for YOU. I'm begging for you to protect Fayre," I said.
"All I heard was 'I'm begging for you'."
"James…"
"Okay, okay, I'll protect her, jeez."
Sirius' POVI watched as Lily whispered into James' ear. He looked shocked as he looked searchingly into her green eyes.
I knew they were going to get together at one point.
Oh wait, Lily looks concerned and rushed. Something's wrong.
I watched as she walked out of the Great Hall, James following after her.
Yup. Something's definitely wrong.
Remus' POVJust by the way Lily was walking in with Fayre, I automatically knew something was wrong. I watched as Lily whispered hurriedly to James, I knew something REALLY had to be wrong. Then I watched as she glanced at a very quiet Fayre before she ran off.
Oh God…Something was going to happen to Fayre.
James' POVConsidering this year's Halloween was on a weekend, we didn't have any classes, so the Marauders and I went down to the lake. I sat down.
"What did Lily tell you?" asked Remus as soon as I sat down in the grass. Merlin, Lily was right…
"Yeah, it looked important," Sirius said pretending like he hadn't really given it much thought as he sat down next to me. I, however, knew better.
"It has something to do with Fayre, doesn't it? What happened?" asked Remus sitting down on the other side of me. Peter sat down next to Remus.
"I guess Lily was acting oddly, you know, wanting to talk to you and all," mused Peter.
"Thanks Wormy," I deadpanned.
"Wait, it has something to do with Fayre?" asked Sirius, his grey eyes getting big.
"Well, I think it has something to do with Fayre… Lily looked over at her concerned after telling you to follow her," said Remus. Sirius stared at him. I knew what he was thinking. 'How did I miss that?'
"Oh. Well, does it have something to do with Fayre?" asked Sirius turning towards me.
"Will you ladies calm down?" I asked rolling my eyes.
Sirius cracked a smile and Remus just looked at the ground. Peter looked at all three of us like we were crazy.
"You know, I'm extremely confused."
"Not new news, Pete," I said.
"So? What did Lily tell you?" asked Remus.
"She told me that Snape threatened Fayre," I said pulling at some grass.
"WHAT?" Sirius exploded. He got up and started pacing.
"Snape?" asked Remus.
"Snivellus?" spat Sirius. I nodded my head.
"Guys, what's Snape really going to do…" said Peter. He had a point there…except…
"Fletcher wants to pull a prank on Fayre. Snape said he would stop it if Fayre would get Lily to talk to him, she told him not ever, so, he's going to let Fletcher pull his prank on her."
"So? It's just a prank…" said Peter.
"Well, that's what I said. But Lily is so sure that something awful is going to happen because Fayre had a nightmare about Snape with a werewolf," I said. I watched Remus carefully. The color drained from his face.
"She doesn't know…?" he asked instead of stated.
"She doesn't know," I affirmed.
"Lily just thinks her subconscious is warning itself of something that might come," I said.
"But Fletcher doesn't know about Remus," stated Sirius.
"Yeah, but Snivellus does," pointed out Peter.
"Thanks to you, Padfoot," I said looking up at Sirius who had stopped pacing. Sirius dropped to the ground.
"This is all my fault," he murmured.
"Don't worry, Padfoot, for I have promised Lily Evans that we will protect Fayre. Which means never leave her alone, kay?" I asked the three. They all nodded their heads.
"Good."
Fayre's POV"I feel like you're following me," I told Peter.
"Well, I'm supposed to keep my eye on you," he said shyly.
"Why?"
"Just in case."
"In case of what?"
"I don't know. Prongs said just to keep my eye on you," Peter said not letting his black eyes meet mine.
"O…kay…then."
And then Sirius came up. He threw his arm around my shoulders.
"Hey there Flower," he said.
"Hi."
"Petey here bothering ya?"
"He's just following me."
"Aw Wormy, why ya following her?" Sirius asked Peter. Peter mouthed 'YOU know'. But Sirius kept staring at him. And Peter sighed.
"Well, James said to keep an eye on her," said Peter.
"Well, I relieve you of your duties noble Wormtail," said Sirius. Peter turned away quickly and I heard him whisper 'Thank God' under his breath. Thanks Petey.
"Are you supposed to keep an eye on me too?" I asked annoyed.
"What? I can't keep an eye on you?"
"Are you guys taking shifts? DID LILY TELL YOU ABOUT THE SNAPE THING?" I finally realized.
"Calm down, Flower. Prongs just wants to keep you safe. And since you had that dream and all…"
"SHE TALKED ABOUT MY DREAM TOO!"
"CALM DOWN GODDANGIT!" he yelled at me turning me to face him, shocking me.
"I don't want you getting hurt either okay? It's good that she told Prongs…James…Whatever. It's good that she told him. Okay? I don't want Snivellus doing anything to you so yes. I'm going to keep an eye on you. We all are. I bet you Remus is watching you right now somewhere. We are going to protect you okay? I promise you, nothing bad will ever happen to you. Not while I'm watching you. Nothing bad, like in your dream. I promise you that nothing like what happened in your dream will ever happen to you, ever." Sirius looked at me with his grey eyes. He sounded frantic and like he was trying to convince himself that nothing bad would happen to me. He looked so…determined. So…protective. I had never ever seen this side of Sirius in all the seven years that I had known him. And then I started crying because if Severus meant what he said, I didn't think anyone would be able to help me. Plus, everyone keeps talking about how they think Snape and his friends are with the Dark Lord. But when I started crying, Sirius' protectiveness caved in.
"Oh-my-God-don't-cry," he said looking at me as if he wasn't sure what to do with me. So I just moved forward and put my head in his chest and sobbed.
"Aw, Fayre, please don't cry. I'm sorry for whatever I said that made you cry…" he said wrapping his arms around me. I hit his chest lightly with my fist.
"You-," I hiccupped, "idiot. You didn't-…" I hiccupped again, "say anything that made me cry…" He just hugged me and we stayed like this for a moment.
"I promise, Fayre. I promise," he whispered. I didn't say anything. I sort of thought they were making a big deal out of nothing. One, it was just a dream that couldn't possibly come true because I'm pretty sure there's no werewolves about. Two, the most that Fletcher would do was do a prank. Unless the rumors were true… I shuddered and tried not to think about it.
"Let's do something," I said breaking the moment that Sirius and I may or may not be having…
"Do what?" he asked with a smile on his face. I smiled at him.
"Let's do a duel," I said smiling.
"I'll go easy on you," said Sirius twirling his wand with his fingers. We were now out by the lake and the rest of the Marauders were there and so were Claudia and Lily. Claudia said she wasn't going to miss a duel between Sirius and his best girlfriend (GAL pal. Not actual girlfriend) especially on Halloween. So Claudia was waving her red and gold scarf around, her black hair flying all around her because well, she was going crazy.
"Right," I responded to Sirius' cockiness.
"What? Don't think I can beat you?" asked Sirius.
"Nope. I'm going to beat you," I said smiling and putting a hand on my hip. And then Carley ran down towards the lake yelling "SIRIUS".
"Oh God," groaned Lily.
"Here we go," mumbled Claudia.
"Hey, Carley…" said Sirius as she threw her arms around his neck and covered his face with kisses. Then she seemed to notice the other six standing there and staring at her.
"Oh. Hey guys! What's going on here?" she asked flipping her beautiful golden hair. I hated her hair. It was just golden. Who wanted shiny gold hair? I could have gold hair if I wanted to. All was needed was the flick of a wand.
And she was a fly. Why was she looking at me all glary and stuff? I wish I had a fly swatter. No, a Carley swatter.
"Just a duel between Sirius and Fayre," said James pointing out the obvious.
"OOO! Really? I bet my Siri is going to win," she said hugging him again.
"Who's Siri?" asked Sirius.
"That's YOU silly Siri Bunny!" said Carley playfully hitting his arm. The three Marauders tried to stifle their laughter.
"Okay… So, anyway Flower, I'm going to beat you," said Sirius after he got Carley off of him so he could ACTUALLY duel. Carley scrunched up her face as he called me Flower. When Sirius looked away to tell James something, I stuck out my tongue at Carley. I know, childish, but it had to be done. And she actually looked insulted. This gave me pleasure.
"SIRIUS! Why don't you call ME a cute nickname like Flower?" she screeched. I cringed at the pitch that she was hitting.
"Are you related to a Zebra by any chance?" asked Peter.
"Are you telling me I look like a black and white African HORSE?" she asked. Peter's face turned red and he cowered from her.
"No…"
"Okay good."
The rest of us were laughing. Except Sirius because he was so focused on what he was going to do to me that wouldn't actually hurt me.
"Who thinks I'm going to win?" asked Sirius to the crowd of, now, six because of Carley. Only Carley raised her hand.
"What? That's it?" asked Sirius. Everyone else sort of shrugged.
"HA! I'm already going to win by default."
"Even you Wormtail?" asked Sirius. Peter shrugged.
"I only go to the side that I know is going to win." Sirius mocked glared at him.
"Traitor."
"NOW that we have that over with. Can we PLEASE start this?" I said exasperatedly.
"Getting nervous, are we Flower?" Carley cringed.
"Nope. I just don't want you to get nervous and back out SIRI BUNNY," I said smiling. Sirius rolled his eyes at the stupid nickname his girlfriend had given him.
"Ready. Set. GO!" cried Claudia waving her scarf.
Avis, I thought. A flock of birds came from the end of my wand.
He apparently did Aguamenti because suddenly I was splashed with water. I spit some out of my mouth.
"Thanks Sirius."
"Well, I got attacked by a bunch of doves. So you shouldn't be talking." Then we started laughing. Wingardium Leviosa, I thought pointing my wand at Sirius.
"What are you doing?" he asked as I lifted him off the ground.
"Levitating you, duh."
"What are you going to do with me?" he asked. Did he sound…frightened?
"It's just a harmless first year spell, sheesh," I said.
"What are you going to do with me? Seriously, Fayre," he asked as he was still in the air. I smiled.
"This." Then I threw him into the lake. He spattered out lake water as he came back up.
"That's what you get for squirting water in my face," I smiled.
"SEE? I always pick the winning side," said Peter.
"Shut up Peter," said Sirius picking himself up from the lake.
"OH SIRI BUNNY! Here, let me help you get back to your dorm so you'll be dry and have dry clothes-"
"Don't call me Siri Bunny. That's more of a stupid nickname than that other girl gave me," mumbled Sirius.
"There's another girl?" asked Carley as they walked back towards the castle.
"Carley, sweetie, there's ALWAYS another girl," said Sirius cheekily. Carley couldn't tell if he was joking or not. We were all laughing hysterically as they walked away.
"Did…did you see…see his face?" laughed Claudia.
"Oh, Fayre. I'd watch out if I were you!" cried Lily, also laughing. I shrugged.
"It was duel. And I won fair and square. He can't do anything," I said confidently. Claudia, Lily, and I all burst out laughing.
"DID YOU SEE HIS FACE?" we all laughed.
I sighed in the library.
"Remus, I see you. You don't have to pretend like you're not following me," I sighed. Remus stuck his head out from behind the bookshelf.
"And I thought I was being real sneaky," he joked. He sat down next to me.
"Homework?" he asked pointing to my essay.
"Just for Muggle Studies. Easiest class ever," I said.
"Because you grew up as a muggle. Of course it's easy for you. Sirius though…"
"Not so much," I finished, smiling at him.
"But that's because Sirius grew up as a pureblood," said Remus. I smiled at a thought I had.
"Sirius is so fascinated by the telephone. Every time he's at my house and it rings, he jumps and sort of cowers away from it. He acts like he's such a tough guy but he's such a scaredy cat," I laughed. Remus laughed with me. The librarian glared at us. 'Sorry' we mouthed. She still glared at us.
"Let's leave before she bites our heads off," whispered Remus.
"Good idea," I whispered back. When we got out of the Library we both burst out laughing.
"Come with me," I said grabbing his hand. I blushed when I felt his strong rough hand in my small soft one. Thank God he didn't see…
"Observation Tower," said Remus looking around. I finally dropped his hand.
"Yeah. I like coming up here. It feels more…freeing," I said sitting down on the roof. Remus sat down next to me as I hugged my knees into my chest.
"It does feel freeing here. Like, all the troubles in your life don't really exist. That it's just a different life that never actually happened," Remus said softly. I watched him as he looked out towards the woods. His gold eyes flickered towards me. I nodded my head.
"Exactly," I whispered. My heartbeat was getting louder and louder. I was surprised he didn't hear it. Sirius never got it, when I brought him up here. He never understood it.
But, Remus does.
"You're a different person up here. Not the same things hold you down like they do down there," I said, still speaking softly as if not wanting to disturb the peace around us.
"Yes," whispered Remus agreeing.
"Not the same little feelings either," I said looking at him. He looked back at me confused.
"Not the same feelings that you might've had for seven years," I murmured. His gold eyes bore into mine.
"Up here, those feelings go away," I whispered, noticing how close to him I was now. Just a little closer.
"Fayre…" whispered Remus. And then, I closed the small distance that was between us, and put my lips on his.
It was my first kiss.
And it was everything I imagined it to be.
Carley's POVI walked up to the Observation Tower and there I saw Remus Lupin and some girl with black hair with orange tips. When I saw her eyes I knew it was that Fayre girl that Sirius was always with. And then suddenly, they were kissing.
I smiled to myself. Sirius isn't going to be spending all his time with her once he knows that she's snogging his best friend, I thought to myself.
She was really making getting rid of her a piece of cake.
Because, when she's missing, Sirius won't even notice.
A/N: WAIT WHAT? I know. There's an evil Hufflepuff. Weird, I know.
FAYRE KISSED REMUS! FAYRE KISSED REMUS! And, in case you all were wondering, Remus kissed back.
Guess some promises are worth breaking eh?
Though, technically Fayre broke his promise to himself… So technically he didn't really break a promise.
But, I know some of you guys are glad he broke that promise!
FANTASYEYE! I thought you had went and died on me for a little while. But then you reviewed and it was all good.
I'll give what you said a thought about the whole jealousy thing. It would make sense wouldn't it?
REVIEW BECAUSE REMUS AND FAYRE KISSED!
Review if you hate me because you know Fayre and Sirius is going to get together.
Review if you hate Carley.
And if you love Carley…still review!
Review if you love Claudia! (Secretly, she's one of my favorites. She's Asian ya know… And she's not in Ravenclaw? I know.)
REVIEW IF YOU LOVE SIRI BUNNY!
XOXOXOXO,
Innocently Beautiful