Hello my lovelies!
! ! ! I. M. P. O. R. T. A. N. T.! ! !
To all my past readers,
As you may have noticed, the chapters became fewer (it's supposed to be 9 now but instead it has 4) Well, that's because I compressed the past chapters together so that there would be fast progress because a friend pointed out that the story was dragging and she couldn't wait for the 'big twist' I have in store for you guys! Hehehe.
Thanks for understanding!~
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This chapter would begin with Remus and Sirius so don't be confused! You're still reading Once in Every Lifetime :)
Because of this chapter, this fanfiction is now rated M! hehehehe.
Warning: Mentions of sex.I'll indicate where so if you're not up to it, you can skip.Don't like; don't read.
Remus conjured a cushioned seat in front of the warm fireplace and sat down; ready to immerse himself in the book Sirius has gotten him. He brushed the old golden cover of the book with delicate fingers and traced the swirling patterns. The book had no title; it only had a moonstone gem in the middle, which the half of it was buried in the cover. It was thick and it would probably take him a day or two to finish it.
He opened the book and started reading the first page; as he suspected, it was written in another language but luckily he is familiar with it.
I wrote this book as a reference for the future for those who will need help.
Everything written in this book is based from what I experienced and what I have been told by an Oriel herself.
Take note that this book is protected by an ancient spell that would not allow a person whom has not yet met an Oriel to read it.
This book does not only contain things about Oriels but it also contains spells and rituals that only Oriels may use or perform. Any attempt made by an ordinary human or magical creature would be ineffective.
Now that you have read my warnings and notes, you may continue on reading.
Remus traced the handwriting after he was done reading it. He had never seen glittering ink before and that really piqued his interest, he wondered if the person who wrote this book used an old spell that has been forgotten over time to beautify the ink and his handwriting. He took a deep breath and turned to the next page.
What he saw shocked him at first and then annoyed him. There, on the second page was an entirely different text written in an unknown language. He growled in frustration and ran his fingers through the unreadable text. Remus was about to throw it away when suddenly; the book glowed brightly and engulfed the whole room in a bright light. The brunette could only close his eyes in defense.
After a few moments, the light faded and Remus rapidly blinked his eyes in an attempt to vanish those annoying black spots he was seeing.
His eyes drifted down to his empty hand and before he could start panicking, his eyes shot up to see a lake. He wasn't in the inn's room anymore.
Do not fear. This is merely a memory. Said a female voice from above. Remus searched for the source but found none.
This book has been enchanted by a wizard and an Oriel to purposely show the memory we have chosen for your viewing. Worry not, for it will show what you seek.
Remus decided just to trust the disembodied voice and go along with whatever he was about to see.
There, hovering above the lake was a beautiful maiden with pure white wings. Her skin was glowing along with her hair and wings, illuminating the area around her.
The maiden's eyes were closed, and her hands were locked together in a praying gesture; her dark long hair fanning behind her. The mysterious maiden was naked but strangely, it didn't seem wrong.
Suddenly, Remus could hear a voice that belongs to the maiden hovering over the lake.
'I have reached my destination, Father.' She spoke in a voice that sounded so unexplainably beautiful. It was as though a harp was playing harmoniously with bells but spoken in a melodic whisper. Remus' thoughts didn't make sense at the moment as the maiden continued to speak.
'May your light always guide me.'
'Always' a voice replied. The voice didn't sound like anything yet it could be heard and understood. Remus gasped as an overwhelming feeling engulfed him. The strange feeling of wanting to cry and laugh at the same time suddenly overwhelmed him and he didn't know why.
The celestial being opened her golden eyes to see a young man collapsed on the ground. She gracefully flew to the unconscious form. She stopped right in front of him; she then kneeled down and brushed the back of her hand on the young man's cheeks.
'My other half,' she whispered. 'Awaken'
The man roused awake at the command, staring at the girl in both awe and shock. The maiden sat on the ground, with her knees folded and underneath her. She moved the man's head and cradled him on her bare lap.
'What are you?' the young man muttered, seemingly enticed by the mysterious being stroking his blonde hair.
'Young earthlings know us by the term Angels.'
'Angels.' The man murmured dreamily.
'I am here for you.' She smiled.
The young man gasped softly, he then took the maiden's hand in his own and gingerly caressed it as though he was verifying that she was really there.
'Why? Am I dead?' he said in a whisper.
'No, I came here because you are my destined one.'
The scene in front of Remus suddenly faded to black, only to be replaced by another one. This time, he was inside a small house with the same people from earlier.
The beautiful winged-maiden was now clothed, and her wings were nowhere to be seen. She hummed a lovely tune as she stroked the soft fur of a white kitten resting on the table.
The kitten purred in delight, its eyes drooping. The angel chuckled and continued to hum. She stared at the back of her mate as he chopped vegetables on the kitchen counter.
'It will be ready soon, my angel.' The man said warmly without turning to face the woman.
'I prefer 'my oriel.' Your native language is far better than this lands' I like Oriel better than Angel.' The woman replied playfully.
'Whatever you wish for, my ORIEL.' The man chuckled.
The scenery faded again and changed to another one. This time, the couple was sitting in a meadow surrounded by beautiful flowers. The man was resting his head on the Oriel's lap as he stared at a parchment, while the Oriel busied herself by making a flower crown.
"I can't understand what you've written here... I give up." The blonde whined, sighing in frustration.
The Oriel giggled and placed down the half-finished crown to playfully pinch the man's cheeks.
"Hey!"
The Oriel giggled again. "You shouldn't give up. But it is also important to know when you have reached your limits. It took you 3 days to realize that you cannot do it and that is too long... you've made me wait too long so I am punishing you."
The man grinned. He sat up straight and faced the Oriel. "What am I supposed to do?"
Instead of answering, the Oriel held out her hand, closed her eyes and suddenly her hand was glowing.
The man didn't seem fazed at all by the unusual show of wandless magic. But then again, she wasn't a witch.
The light in her hand faded, revealing a moonstone gem.
The blonde eyed it curiously until the woman spoke, "Touch this stone and say 'succoro' and it will help you."
The blonde nodded and touched the stone. 'Succoro!' (AN: pronounced as: skyu-ro)
The scenery faded and the next thing Remus knew was he was back at the inn.
"Remus! Gods, you scared me!" Sirius exclaimed, both his hands were on the brunette's shoulders.
"Sirius? What happened?" he asked warily, seeing as Sirius' face was full of worry.
"When I got back you were standing as stiff as a statue! I kept calling your name and shaking your shoulders but you didn't respond. Also your eyes looked oddly blank." Sirius sighed, wrapping his arms around the smaller man's waist, pulling him closer so that there was no more space between them. "I think I just lost 10 years of my life thanks to that." He sighed again.
"I'm sorry I worried you. I was reading the book you gave me and it showed me various memories of an Oriel." He explained, rubbing circle's on Sirius' back to soothe him.
"I should've checked it before I gave it to you... What if it caused you any harm? I wouldn't be able to forgive myself then."
A smile tugged on Remus' lips. "Sirius Orion Black, the last time you tried to read a book you fell asleep on the 2nd page. How do you expect yourself to check this book's content thoroughly?" he teased, earning himself a nip on the neck.
"Oww!"
"No teasing. I was seriously worried about you!"
"Sirius said 'SIRIUSly'." Remus laughed, getting another nip on the neck but this time it was harder.
*** M
Sirius didn't say anything else but instead, his hand traveled down his lover's arse and gave it a light squeeze, causing the shorter lad to gasp lightly in both surprise and pleasure.
Sirius grinned and moved his mouth to Remus' ear to nibble it. The brunette moaned lightly, shivering in pleasure at his lover's touch. "You need to be punished for mocking Lord Sirius Black." The man purred seductively.
Remus moaned again. He could feel his knees giving out as he wrapped his arms around Sirius' neck for support.
The black-haired lad lifted Remus' chin with one hand and devoured the brunette's slightly parted lips. He viciously ravished the younger man's soft ones who in turn, thoroughly enjoyed the harsh pleasure as he moaned into their kiss. Sirius didn't need to ask for permission to slide his tongue inside Remus' hot mouth, the little minx already had his mouth wide open, waiting to be devoured by Sirius.
The older man smirked as he inserted his tongue inside his lover's wet and hot mouth and explored every inch of it; numbing Remus' mind in the process.
"Ahh.. wait.." the brunette whimpered as he noticed he was being directed to the bed not far away from were they were standing.
"No waiting, I did too much of that already today. I will ravish you until you cannot feel anything else but me." Sirius replied in a hoarse voice.
When they came close to the bed, Sirius didn't hesitate to push his petite lover down before towering over him, Remus trembling in lust in between his legs.
"Sirius.." Remus' begged, his eyes shining with tears. "Please.."
The said man hurriedly stripped all of his lover's clothes, leaving the brunette's body very exposed and tempting.
He eyed the naked body under him with such hunger and desire that left Remus shivering under his gaze.
"Why are you so damn sexy!?" Sirius hissed as he pressed his lips against the brunette's and hungrily devoured his lover's sweet soft lips.
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After hours of glorious shagging, the two finally lost their stamina and fell asleep.
Remus was the first one to wake by dawn. He gingerly sat up, careful not to put too much pressure on his sore backside. Merlin, Sirius really fucked him until he was too numb to feel anything but the man's thick cock.
*** End
He woke hours before he should because of that nagging feeling that he was supposed to be doing something... of course he should be, Harry's birthday was merely 4 days away and they are yet to make it back to the kingdom.
His gaze fell on the abandoned magical book on the floor. The wizard walked towards it, picked it up and dusted it's back. Suddenly, he remembered the important thing he was supposed to be doing; reading the contents of the book. He remembered the memory and recognized the same moonstone the Oriel produced as the one adorning the cover of the very book he was holding. He did as the Oriel in the memory instructed and placed his hand over it and chanted the spell: "skyuro"
The gem glowed momentarily. Remus hadn't felt any change at all but when he opened to a page he was suddenly able to read it. The texts seemingly have changed when he did the spell.
A smile spread along his lips as excitement thrummed in his veins. He sat down on the chair he conjured earlier and winced when his bum landed a little bit too harshly on the soft cushion. Though that didn't stop him from going back to the first page and starting from the beginning.
'Before anything else, be forewarned that using this book to harm or kill an Oriel will result in disaster.
Killing an Oriel will bring forth a decade of catastrophe.
You have been warned. '
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By the time Remus looked up from the book, it was already minutes till sundown. He was completely absorbed by the contents of the book. Everything from magic spells to how Oriels live is indicated in the book. It was so fascinating that Remus forgot about the time and Sirius...
Who was by the way, currently not in sight.
The brunette closed the book and gently placed it on the seat where he sat moments ago. He stretched to loosen up his muscles that had gone stiff for staying still for a long period of time. "Sirius?" he called, whilst walking around to check for his lover.
His search was in vain seeing as he was all alone. He sighed in exhaustion and proceeded to shower before preparing their dinner.
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The events that transpired before they left the ball were insignificantly dull, so to say. Molly Weasley closely followed by her two children; Ginny and Fred were running around the castle in worry in search for Harry. They weren't able to find them until Gabrielle and Harry returned to them since the Veela had cast a very powerful concealment charm on the two of them and the area they were, of course Gabrielle Lovegood had the good sense of ensuring they were secure and private because one revelation to another will cause them dearly.
After being found by the worried Mrs. Weasley they immediately left the castle with an excuse of Lily not feeling so well. Once they had arrived at the Weasley Mansion Harry went straight to his room as per Molly's order and Harry hesitated but complied with the looks Gabrielle was shooting him. He marched off to his room, hoping that the Weasley couple wouldn't reprimand Gabrielle.
. . .
Harry discarded all his clothes and immersed himself in his rose-water filled bathtub which was prepared by the maids with the use of magic so that it wouldn't take much time.
As Harry's body completely relaxed with much help from the soothing effects of the roses, his thoughts drifted back to what Gabrielle told him when he finally calmed from crying.
"The Weasleys has been keeping you in the dark haven't they?" The blonde asked as she conjured cushions for them to sit on comfortably.
Harry took a seat as he nodded in reply.
"Tell me what you know about magic and about this kingdom..."
And Harry proceeded to tell her the little information he knew.
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