A/N: Warring Child Abuse, and permanent injury, Remus has a twin.
"Hello, diary,
No, I'm not hiding under my bed. A child does that,"
Romulus Lupin put down his pen and looked at his Diary. It was leather with his name on the front in faded gold lettering. Although, he could not see it because of the darkness under his clean bed. (It was not a diary, but he called it that for some reason.) He was hiding from his father's 'friend.' The man scared him. He was sure that his twin brother Remus feared him as well. There was something off about him.
"Rom?" Remus's voice broke him from his thoughts. He heard Remus walk into the room. "Rom, he is gone. You don't need to hide anymore," Remus said pocking his head under the bed. Romulus looked at him with his bright green, amber eyes.
He didn't say anything as he crawled from under the bed. Remus held out his hand for him to take. Romulus took his hand with a small smile before he stood up. "Still can't speak?" Remus asked, pointing at Romulus. Romulus nodded slowly. Remus sighed.
"Do not worry. I am sure it will return," Remus said, sitting on his bed. Romulus shook his head, picked up his diary, and sat on his bed.
"I don't think I'll ever speak again. Greyback made sure of that. I saved my brother but where did that get me?"
"Rom?" Romulus looked up. Remus was looking at him with a small smile but there was pain in his eyes. "What are you writing in your diary?" Remus asked, making Romulus glare at him.
'Why does he think it's a diary?' Romulus wrote while still glaring at Remus. Remus laughed nervously. Romulus looked at him sadly. He wanted to ask what was wrong but knew he couldn't.
'What if we are stuck here? What if…no one will find us?' Romulus wrote and rubbed his aching throat. Romulus looked at Remus who stood up in fear when the front door opened. Romulus dropped his pen and hid under the bed. Remus ran to the door and locked it before he hid under the bed himself. He tried to remember when they were not like this.
They were ten. Remus could not believe it. Ten years old and one more year until Hogwarts. They are going to Hogwarts!
Remus looked over to his twin who was writing in his new diary. Romulus hates it when he calls it that, but he still finds it funny. Their birthday was amazing. However, at the end of it, Remus could see fear in his father's eyes.
That is why they went to bed early. Remus wasn't worried but something bothered him about all of this. "Rom?" Remus asked looking at Romulus. Romulus looked up.
"Yeah?" Romulus asked. "What's wrong?" he asked when he saw a worried look on his brother's face.
"Something doesn't feel right," Remus said looking at the window to their room. It was open. Only, he didn't remember opening it. "Rom?" Remus asked, standing up and walking to the window to close it. However, something pushed him to the ground. "Rom?" Remus asked when he felt someone on him.
"Hello pup," a low growl saw in the darkness. He heard someone bear fans. However, he saw Romulus push the person to the ground. Before Remus blacked out from fear he heard his brother scream. He didn't know at the time, but that was the last time he would hear his brother make a sound.
"Puppy's. I'm home," Grayback's ruff voice broke him from his memories.
'He's back. Oh, Merlin, he's back,' Remus thought looking to the other bed. He saw Romulus start to write nervously. 'I need to get Romulus out of here. It's my fault we are here," Remus thought before he put his head in his hands.
"Boys?!" His voice bombed before he started to pound on the door. The door shook, making the brothers cover their ears. "Open this door!" he yelled, pounding on the door.
"I want father," Romulus wrote, sliding his diary across the floor. Remus looked at it and nodded slowly. He then nodded and quietly moved from under the bed. He pointed to the window. Romulus nodded and did the same. Remus slowly opened the window. Romulus picked up his diary and climbed out.
"I'll be right behind you," Remus whispered. Romulus looked at him and shook his head.
"You won't. Please come with me," he thought. Remus looked at him.
"I heard your thoughts. How…" Remus paused as his twin shook his head.
"It doesn't matter. I'll explain later. "Come on brother," Romulus held out his hand. Remus looked behind him to the door. The pounding got louder.
"Don't make me kick this door down!" Grayback yelled. Remus nodded and took his brother's hand.
Romulus and Remus ran down the street not caring if someone saw them, they needed to get away from that house and find their father. "Rom? Wait can we rest for a second?" Remus asked his brother. Romulus looked at Remus and nodded. They both sat down on a bench. It was a beautiful day. The sun was high, and the air was sweet.
Romulus turned to Remus with a thought and started to write:
'I was talking! Well, in my thoughts to Remus. I didn't know why or how that happened. I can ask Father when we find him. I don't know,' Romulus put down his pen.
"We cannot stay here. He will find us," Remus said standing up. Romulus nodded.
'Remus is right,' Romulus thought standing up.
"Boys!" Greyback yelled. Remus turned around when he saw Greyback. There was a fake smile on his face.
"Run," Remus called out as the twins started to run.
They ran towards a house and hid in a bush. "Boys!" Greyback yelled. Remus looked at Romulus.
"I think we need to find a better place to hide," Romulus thought to Remus. Remus looked at him.
"How are you doing this?" Remus asked flinching when he saw Greyback's boots.
"Father was teaching me on our birthday. That's why I wasn't speaking much. I was seeing if It was working but maybe…"
"We found the missing twins. They are in the bush," Romulus's thoughts cut off when he was pulled out of the bush by a wizard around the same age as their father. Romulus looked up to see an older man and his father. Tears filled his eyes when he saw his father standing there.
"Rom!" Lyall Lupin called pulling Romulus into his arms. Remus was next and was pulled into his father's arms. "My boys," he whispered.
"Dad," Remus said laughing a little.
"Father," Romulus thought. Lyall smiled sadly at Romulus.
"Let's get you boys to the hospital and then home," Lyall said laughing a little. A lot had happened, but they knew that they could get through it.
A/N: summary: Remus has a twin Au: Remus and Romulus were kidnapped after Greyback attacked Remus. Romulus saved him but it cost him his voice.
FFn: Captain Voxland
House: Hufflepuff
Class: Charms
Standard
Prompts: (Action) Hiding and (Object) A diary
Warring's: See above
