Fan Fiction ❯ Everlasting Sacrifice ❯ Summer with a Werewolf ( Chapter 8 )

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Summer with a Werewolf…

A/N: This is supposed to be a feel good chapter… not bad, not good… it just is nice… Enjoy! I think I'll do it in two parts, one for the beginning, and then one for the Quidditch cup thing at the end of the summer…

~Crystal~

"Well, this is my house," Remus said, looking back at me as I carried my bags along the dirt path.

"It's out of the way," I said, "Is that for other people's safety?"

"Mine as well," he replied and swung the door open, "I'm afraid it's a bit of a fix-me-up thing."

"I can help!" I said.

"I don't think it should get much better than this. Anyways, the water runs fine, there's plumbing and it doesn't leak. I have an extra room, oh, let me help you with that," he said and helped me drag my trunk. Dumbledore had been more than willing to let me stay with Remus over the summer. He joked and said that it would get me out of his hair and so he could plan next year without many interruptions. I knew he enjoyed them though; he sort of had caused a number of them the previous year.

"I wish I remembered more," I said softly as we began up some stairs.

"You remember what you remember. It'll come back some day. I don't mind," Remus said, "I mean, you still act like your old self." I smiled up at him, and noticed he was grinning broadly.

"Why are you smiling?" I asked him a little peevishly.

"Why? Because I won't be lonely this summer, and I know I can't hurt you," he said, "C'mon, let me help you to your room. You stayed there before once, Lily was there too. It was the night you had realized Severus was a death eater, and you didn't know what to do." He led me upstairs and took me to a room that was down the hall from his.

"This place seems so familiar," I said, and sat down on the bed as Remus set my luggage to the side.

"It should," he said and then hugged me, "It's so very good to have you back in the world of the living. Everyday I'd pray that somehow you could come back, you've done it before, but the years began to pass, Severus lost hope, I did, just a little and I think even Dumbledore lost faith at one point. Severus has been trying to move on for the past 14 years, it's going to be about that next school year… but he still cries… don't ask me how I know, it's just a simple feeling… I mean, I was the one who figured…"

"Everything out," I said, and then felt proud of myself, I said the right thing because he smiled.

*FLASH*

"Oh, Katy, don't cry, don't cry!" Lily said, holding me in her arms.

"But… why didn't he tell me? Why is he doing that?" I cried out loud.

"I don't know, but you gotta calm down. Then we can decide what to do next," she said as I was sobbing into her shoulder.

"I loved him!" I cried and held on tightly.

"Oh, now don't go and use that tense. You love him and you still love him. I'm sure he had his reasons!" Lily said.

"Severus…" I sobbed, "Sev…"

*FLASH*

I was used to them by now. They were still annoying though.

"Crystal? Are you hungry yet? I may not look like it, but I can still cook with the best of them," Remus said, interrupting my thoughts.

"Oh, uh, sure, that sounds wonderful!" I said and smiled, "I am a little hungry. I just hope you don't eat like wild animals and that kind of thing."

"I normally don't cook much, but… well, you saw me when I came to Hogwarts, it took a couple of those meals to get me looking well," he said, "But… you are a guest and I need to be a good host."

"That's okay. I can cook a little too. Just don't start looking thinner on me, or else I will start feeding you more," I warned. I wondered why this conversation was even taking place. Didn't he have enough money to buy food?

"I find it hard to find a job, so having money is troublesome sometimes. However, Dumbledore paid me enough so I shall be quite all right for some time," Remus explained. I always wondered, all of the teachers, what was it like to be a teacher?

"Um… Remus, can I ask you a question?" I inquired and Remus plopped down on the bed next to me.

"What is it?" he asked.

"What's it like to be a teacher?" I asked, "To get up in front of a lot of people and give lectures and demonstrations all the time?"

"Aside from the teasing of many and dealing with the other teachers, rules and regulations?" Remus asked, raising an eyebrow, "It's the best thing in the world. You influence the minds of those around you and actually seem to make a difference in the world. You know Crystal; it was your dream to be a teacher…" Was that really my old dream?

"Do you know when I'll get my memory back?" I asked, changing the subject.

"Nope, can't say I do," he said, "But I do know right now, until you get your memory back, if at all, you should live your life the way you want to live it. I know Dumbledore's trying to influence you and that sort of thing, but until you get your memories back, you should just do what you want to do, be whoever the hell you want to be." That made a little bit of sense.

"So… I don't have to be who I once was until I remember?" I asked.

"Yep, that's basically it. Anyways, I better get on with dinner," he said, "If you want, I have your phoenix familiar staying with me right now. We, well between Dumbledore, Me and Severus, we rotate taking care of your phoenix, and this summer, it's my turn, so if you want, you could meet her later…"

"That sounds fine," I said. I had read about phoenixes in a book, and they seemed neat. I kinda had another feeling I was connected to phoenixes too…

*3 Weeks later*

"Hey, there's a letter from Sirius here!" Remus called up, "Not to mention lunch!"

"Be right down!" I called and put on a shirt and some pants. I had gotten wet earlier, so I had had to change. These past three weeks have been the best I ever experienced I think. Aside from one full moon, which wasn't too bad, Remus and I basically just played fetch… because he couldn't hurt me and all, we had a wonderful time. I think I learned a lot about my past self and also about my phoenix, or more so, my familiar that I didn't exactly recall about yet, Harmony. She was a sweetie through and through!

"Do you want to come down?" I asked her as I opened the door. She had decided to stay in my room, so we moved her perch up here. I held out my arm and she fluttered upon it. I winced slightly at her talons piercing my skin, but really, it didn't hurt so much anymore as it did the first few days. Remus said that was because I was adjusting to her again. (And then he warned me to watch out when I got back my dragon familiar… he said those claws would take a little more time to readjust to that phoenix talons)

"Are you coming or not?" Remus shouted. I headed down the stairs, balancing Harmony delicately upon my arm. I arrived at the kitchen to the smell of bacon. Harmony spread her wings a bit and flew onto her perch by the table. I rubbed my arm a bit and sat down.

"What's for lunch?" I asked.

"I made some muggle foods. I think the sandwich is called a B.L.T., although I don't know what those letters stand for and there's potato salad," he said, looking back at me with a grin.

"You're quite the cook," I said.

"Well, I've been able to practice on someone other than myself," he said, "And you're not dying, so I'm not doing a half bad job!" I laughed at that. I laughed more often now, more than before. Laughing was fun, it really was! I only had one question. I read in one of Remus's books that it takes more muscles to frown than to smile, so why did smiling start to hurt after a while and frowning didn't?

"Well, I'm hungry!" I said and he placed a sandwich on the table in front of me and put the potato salad on the table as well. I took a bite.

"So?" he asked, "How is it?"

"Love it!" I cried and smiled. He grinned back, and went back to make his own sandwich.

"Well, now about that letter…" Remus said, tossing a piece of bacon offhandedly to Harmony, who caught it in midair and gulped it down, "Sirius sent us tickets to the Quidditch World Cup! He won them in a radio show, and since he couldn't use them, he had to have an animal pick them up for him, he sent them to me and told me I could use them or give them away. I would take Harry, but I heard Mr. Weasly got some of the best seats in the house and Harry is coming along, so I thought I might as well go, and take you along so I don't hurt anyone."

"Is that the only reason?" I asked, "So you don't hurt anyone?"

"Actually, Britain is hosting the cup and we haven't had Britain host the cup for over 30 years and I really love watching Quidditch more than playing, I mean, I used to watch Sirius, you and James play all the time and I really want to go since it isn't to far away and it would be fun and I normally can't go anywhere because I'm a werewolf, especially during the time of the full moon and that's about when the cup will be held and so with you around I won't be a danger, I won't even change and we can go see it and…"

"Remus, slow down, I'd love to go. It sounds like fun," I said.

"Well, we'd need to leave within the week, you see, it's hard to get such a large group of people in one place so we'd be camping out there for a while," he said.

"It sounds like fun!" I said, "Really, it does!"

"Really, I mean, you'd really go? I mean, it's just two old friends hanging out, sort of, because you don't remember and stuff, but if other people see us, they might think otherwise…"

"IT'S FINE!" I yelled, "Its okay. I heard about the Quidditch World cup in a conversation between Harry and Ron once, and it sounds like fun." Remus smiled so broadly I found myself laughing once more.

"What?" he asked, "What's so funny?"

"You are such a dolt!" I exclaimed.

"Katy was like that too," he murmured, but he still smiled from ear to ear anyways. This sounded like fun; it'd be fun to get out of these woods for a change anyways.

TBC (In part 2)

A/N: Well, I hope the wait was worth it for this short chapter. The next one will be a little longer, I hope.

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