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Once Upon A Moon	By : Hippiechick7897 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female Views: 2064 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 4

          Lika woke slowly the next morning to a warm weight on her hip. She tilted
her head down and found Remus’ arm holding her tenderly close to him. This is nice.
I love the feel of his arms around me and I don’t think I’ve ever felt this safe, she
thought. He looked so relaxed and she knew that he needed this bit of peace. She
moved her hand up to his heart and felt it beat rhythmically against her palm,
calming her back into a light sleep.

          Remus woke a couple of hours later with a start. Lika’s lashes were tickling
his neck as she blinked. He looked down to find her staring at him. He smiled at
her and ran his fingers up her arm. This is surely the only way to wake up he
thought.

“Good morning.” She said sweetly.

“Good morning yourself. Have you been awake long?” He asked.

“No.” She lied. She didn’t want him to know she’d been awake for an hour just
watching him sleep. “I’m sorry I fell asleep. You should have woke me up. I didn’t
mean to make you sleep outside.”

“It was fine. You looked so content I couldn’t bring myself to wake you. It was a
nice warm night anyway so it wasn’t bad at all. Did you sleep well?”

“That was the best night sleep I’ve had in a very long time. You make me feel very
safe Remus. Like nothing could ever hurt me as long as I’m in your arms. Thank
you.” She said with a tinge of sadness in her voice as she found herself scooting
upward. Lika stared into his handsome face and pressed a soft kiss to his lips.

          Remus listened to the melancholy in her voice and wondered what she was
referring to. He knew she didn’t want to talk about it though and settled for
rubbing her back soothingly as he pressed a kiss to the top of her head. “You are
quite safe as long as your with me. I won’t let anyone hurt you.” He said in an
attempt to take away her sadness.

          Lika absorbed his strong energy pouring into her as he rubbed her back. He
just about the kindest man she had ever met. For every moment they spent
together she could feel herself falling even harder for him and she knew she was
very much mistaken if she got out of this with her heart still her own. She lifted
her head and looked into his deep gray eyes as she spoke.

“We better get going. It’s almost noon.”

“Are you joshing me? I had no idea it was so late.” He said as panic filled him.
Tonight was full moon and he hadn’t even got his Wolfsbane potion yet. “I need to
get home Lika. I have something very urgent to do today.” He stopped speaking as
he looked into her startled gaze. “Listen, I’m sorry to be so abrupt but tonight is
full moon. I haven’t even went to get my potion yet.”

“Oh. I’m sorry. This is all my fault. If I hadn’t fallen asleep you could have picked
it up this morning. Let me help you clean up so we can leave at once.” She said
guiltily as she jumped up and began frantically putting things in the basket.

          Remus watched her for a moment before grabbing her. “If you hadn’t fallen
asleep I wouldn’t know what if feels like to wake up with you in my arms. And I
wouldn’t trade that for anything.” He said as he tenderly stroked her cheek.

          Lika’s eyes filled with tears of emotion as she heard his whispered
confession. He touched her, physically and mentally, in ways no one ever had.
“Remus.” She said as she leaned forward and kissed him gently. “You would have
found out eventually,” she said unblushingly, “you just found out a little earlier this
way. Come on. We better get you home.” And with a wave of her wand, everything
was packed up before he could even work out what she said.

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          Remus left for the village still thinking about Lika’s words. Essentially, she
just admitted that she planned to sleep with me, he deduced thoughtfully. Not
that he hadn’t come to that conclusion himself. It was mostly a question of when
rather than if. There was something powerful that ran through them and he
couldn’t help but wonder what making love to her would be like. If he almost lost it
with a kiss how was going to control himself long enough pleasure her. Of course,
with a full moon tonight, he was going to be out of commission for three nights
anyway. And for the first time in years, he felt the old resentment of his
condition kick up. Not seeing Lika for three days seemed like an eternity.

          Lika walked into Flourish and Blotts with a purpose. She needed to find a
book on potion making. She asked the kindly old wizard who ran the shop for
assistance and within five minutes was out the door. She had been crystal gazing
when she got home this afternoon and seen that the Hogwarts potion master,
Severus Snape, had in fact not made Remus’ potion this month. In fact Severus
Snape was laughing in the face of a very frustrated Remus Lupin. How could he do
this to a coworker she asked herself. So she had decided to make it for Remus
herself.

          Now that she had her book, she headed to The Potion Cupboard. She
peeked in the window to make sure Remus was not in there before she entered. As
she walked to the counter a sour looking man with greasy black hair and a rather
hooked nose stared her down. She smiled at him and put on her cheeriest voice.
He seemed to wince at the happy tone.

“Good morning! Lovely Day.” she said.

“If you say so. What can I help you with.” he said.

“I’m new in town. My name is Lika Gypsy.” she said as she braced herself and held
out her hand, which Snape shook reluctantly. Hmm, nothing. Snape must know
Occlumency.

“Severus Snape. You are the new American Divination teacher are you not?” he
asked with a sneer.

“Yep. Guilty on both counts.” she said though she knew he was being
condescending. “And you’re the Potion Master right.”

“Yes.” he said matter-of-factly.

“Good I need some potion ingredients.” She thought it best not tell him explicitly
what she was making but ticked off the ingredients she needed.

          Snape listened to her tick off the ingredients and added it up in his head.
She was making a Wolfsbane potion. He could only guess for Lupin. He’d seen
them in town together hanging all over each other and it disgusted him. Lupin was
nothing but a filthy half breed who dared to call himself human, what he thought
he was doing trying to have a relationship with this woman was beyond him. But he
wasn’t going to let Gypsy ruin this for him. All his planning and effort wasted. I
think not Snape thought.

“I’m out of monkshood, but you can add this.” Snape said as he handed her a vile
with a white powdery substance. “It’s root of wormswood and can be used
interchangeably with monkshood.”

“Thank you very much Professor. I think that’s all I need then, aside from the
basic stock also.” She said as she took out her money and paid him. “I’ll see you in
September. Nice meeting you.” she said.

“Yes. Nice meeting you.” He said smugly as she clanked out of the shop. “See you in
September indeed.”

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          Lika had spent the rest of the afternoon carefully following the books
instructions. She knew this was a very touchy potion and had to be made exactly
by the recipe. She wished she could add some sugar to sweeten the taste, the
potion smelled awful so she knew it couldn’t taste very good, but the book said
sugar rendered it useless. Lastly she added the vile of powdery wormswood to the
simmering cauldron.

          When it was completed it was almost nightfall. She poured the potion into a
goblet and tied her cloak around her as she made her way to Remus’. She knocked
and stood to wait for him to open the door. She gave a second knock when he
didn’t answer and the door opened a crack.

“Lika, you shouldn’t be here. It’s full moon tonight and I’m not safe.” he said
sternly.

“I brought you something.” She said as she lifted the goblet so he could see. “I
knew Snape didn’t make your Wolfsbane potion so I did.”

“You did?” he asked incredulously as he opened the door to let her in. “How did you
know Snape didn’t make it?”

          Lika tapped her head with her finger and offered him the goblet. Which he
took gratefully and gulped down. He stared at her and smiled.

“Thanks Lika. I thought I was going to have to go away for the night since I didn’t
have the potion. You’re a life saver. I swear Snape does it on purpose sometimes
trying to get me in trouble. “ He said as he stroked her palm.

          She was watching his gray eyes carefully and noticed at once when they
started turning yellow. She pulled her hand from his grasp and backed up. Her
Inner Eye knew something wasn’t right. “I should go Remus. I’ll see you.” She said
as she backed toward the door.

          Suddenly Remus wasn’t standing there anymore but his werewolf form was.
It was huge and hulking as it towered over her. Sniffing her out it came closer.
She backed up further, but this only seemed to anger him. What’s wrong? He’s
not supposed to be dangerous. Something must have been wrong with the potion. I
swear I did it right though. I was so careful. What the hell am I supposed to do
she asked herself in a panic.

“Remus?” She asked tentatively as she took another step backwards.

          The wolf just let out a menacing howl and swiped at her with his massive
paw, catching her cheek which began to bleed. It was hard to believe that this was
the man who had held her so tenderly just hours ago but she knew he couldn’t be
held accounted for his actions as a wolf. He didn’t even know who she was. He just
knew that she was human prey.

          She ran toward the back of his house but knew she was at a disadvantage.
The only place she had even been was the living room. She flung herself in the
nearest door, which happened to be a bathroom. She knew at once that this was a
wrong move. The room had two openings and just as she reached the other door to
close it, the werewolf appeared. She screamed and took off toward the other
door again. She wretched it open and had made it about a step back into the
hallway when she felt a claw tear through her back. Lika knew blood was oozing
through her gauzy blouse but she didn’t have time to think about the pain. It was
either do something now or die at the wolfs mercy. She grasped her wand and said
the first incantation that came to her mind.

“Stupefy.” She screeched in terror. The wolf went flying backwards and landed on
his back with howl of pain. It wasn’t much but it gave her time to get to her feet
and take off again. She headed to the next room, pitched herself inside and
slammed the door closed. She waited with baited breath as she tried to figure out
her next course of action. She knew she was going to have to lure him in here then
trap him. He couldn’t get out the house or he’d wreak havoc on the village. The
door banged threateningly and she could hear his claws tearing at it in a
desperation to get to her.

          It’s now or never, she thought as she sealed the window with the security
charm. She opened the door with her wand and the werewolf came bursting in. It
beared down on her with his vicious teeth glinting dangerously. She quickly ran by
him and felt his dagger claws hit her again, swiping her ribs this time and she felt
the warm blood begin seeping through immediately. She cried out in pain and sank
to her knees. The werewolf began shredding her cloak and Lika forced herself to
crawl on her knees out of the room. She slammed the door with her wand and
screamed “Securitorious!”

          She was panting with pain but knew she had to get out of here. She
concentrated hard on Apparating and with a soft pop she disappeared from the
house. Though where she was she didn’t know but she knew she wasn’t at her
house. Dully she noticed she was outside.

          She gingerly tried to stand but the pain was too great. She really was losing
an awful lot of blood. She looked around for the sign of a person but found no one.
She tried to call out but found her voice would not work and she felt tears start.
She was getting a little scared and the pain was excruciating. She felt very dizzy
and cold; then all went dark.

          Sirius Black was just coming home from the village when he saw an
unrecognizable thing laying on the ground. As he came closer he saw the form of a
crumpled woman bleeding profusely. Her shredded skin and torn clothes hit him in
the gut and his instincts kicked in. He kneeled down and gathered her to him as he
Apparated to St. Mungo’s, the wizard hospital.

          They checked her in and as the Healers cleaned her face Sirius got his first
good look at her. It was the woman Remus was taken with. Remus had told him all
about her and Sirius remembered seeing her in Flourish and Blotts. Suddenly a
thought occurred to him as he realized what day it was. Oh shit. Full moon. He
ran to the Healer.

“Listen, it’s possible she was bitten by a werewolf. She needs to be waken so we
can know for certain. She can’t have been outside very long. The blood wasn’t
dried. If she was bitten the effects can be neutralized.” Sirius said lowly to the
Healer so no one else could hear.

          The Healer nodded and moved her into a private room. Sirius was unsure
whether he should follow but found his feet had made the decision for him. He
watched the Healer wake Lika. Her eyes drifted open but were bleary and out of
focus.

“Can you tell me what did this to you?” The Healer asked gently.

“A werewolf.” Lika said scratchily.

“Did he bite you?” the Healer inquired.

          Lika swallowed hard and tried to speak again but found her voice wouldn’t
work so she settled for shaking her head no. Her eyes tried to focus on the man
standing in the corner and she was trying to figure out who he was; he did look
vaguely familiar though. She felt the Healer put her back into a sleep and didn’t
give the man a second thought.

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          Sirius watched Lika’s eyes pop open for the second time in three days and
felt his stomach unclench. The Healers had bandaged her up but had insisted she
stay here for observation but Lika had been asleep for almost two days now and
even the Healers were becoming concerned.

          Lika focused on the room and tried to figure out where she was. She then
remembered about the werewolf attack and looked around the room. The man who
was there when the Healer was questioning her was still here. She looked at him
for a moment before she cleared her throat and spoke.

“Who are you?” She asked curiously.

“Sirius Black.” He answered.

“Really? I have one of your books! It’s fascinating.” She said brightly. “I’m Lika
by the way.”

          Sirius smiled at her. Out of all the reactions he expected, this was the
least unlikely. He could tell instantly that he liked her very much. “ I know who you
are. Remus has told me about you.” He said. “We’re good friends, known each
other since our own days at Hogwarts.” He added after she looked puzzled,

          Lika’s face fell instantly as that night came rushing back to her and she
suddenly had a million questions. “Remus. Oh my God. Is he ok?” she asked in
panic.

“I’m sure he’s fine. Why do you ask?” He asked curiously.

“Umm...” She hesitated. She didn’t know whether to say anything to Sirius about
this or not. She didn’t’ want Remus to be in trouble but she had to know he was ok.
Sirius did write that book about being Anti-Werewolf and he’s good friends with
Remus she thought as she talked herself into telling him.

“Remus did this to me. But it wasn’t his fault. He went to get his potion from
Snape, who ‘forgot’ to make it. So I thought I’d make it for him, “ she said as she
blushed; she felt a little embarrassed that Sirius would know how much she cared
for Remus, but plunged on. “I went to buy ingredients at the Potion Cupboard from
Snape. He was out of one of the ingredients and gave something in a vile instead.
He told me that they were interchangeable. I should have known he was lying.
Remus took the potion but became harmful anyway. And I’m sure I made the
potion correctly. I was very careful. You have to believe me.”

“I do believe you Lika. Damn Snape and his prejudices.” Sirius said. “That was just
downright dangerous and stupid. He’s such a git. I need to go check on Remus. If
I know him he’s going to be in a panic when he turns back into himself. Are you
going to be ok alone?”

“Of course. Thanks for finding me Sirius. I don’t even want to think about what
would have happened if you hadn’t came along. Please bring Remus with you when
you come back. Make sure he knows I’m not angry.” Lika said.

          Sirius nodded and turned on his heel toward the door. I’m glad Remus found
her. He deserves some happiness. And this woman is special, he thought as he set
off for Remus’ house.

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          Remus woke in his natural form and felt a sense of relief. Another cycle
over he thought. He always felt a better afterwards knowing no one was hurt by
his transformation. This time, however, his relief was very short lived. He noticed
he was holding a piece of material in his hand. It was a velvety soft green and he
knew he had seen it before. He was trying desperately to remember where. His
stomach sank as he noticed more material pieces on the floor. They were
splattered with blood. He tried to remember what had happened before his body
was taken over by the wolf but his memory was fuzzy. He was absently stroking
the green material when it hit him. Lika. This is Lika’s cloak material he thought in
terror.

          He jumped up and looked around the room, taking in the shreds of fabric and
the blood staining the carpets and the walls. Oh dear Merlin. What have I done?

          He felt his stomach gurgling and knew he was going to be ill. He ran to the
bathroom, sick with guilt and wretched. If he had done anything to her he couldn’t
live with himself. He had to find her. So getting his wits about him he ripped open
the front door to find Sirius standing, there poised to knock.

“Sorry Sirius. I don’t have time right now.” Remus said abruptly. “I have to go
look for someone.”

“She’s at St. Mungo’s Remus.” Sirius said quietly.

“What? Who is?” Remus asked in confusion.

“Your Lika.” Sirius said as he watched his friends eyes fill with anguish. Just as he
suspected, Remus was blaming himself.

“Oh shit. What did I do? Tell me what I did Sirius. No! Don’t tell me. I don’t
think I can bear it right now. I have to go. Tell me on the way over what I did. “
Remus said in plain agony.

          So as they Dispparated, Sirius explained about Lika’s escape and Snape
giving a faulty ingredient. He hoped with the Snape explanation Remus would quit
blaming himself but nothing doing. Remus looked more haunted than ever. “You
have a very brave, beautiful, smart and wonderful girl there Remus and she
obviously adores you.” Sirius said in effort to help. But it didn’t appear to have the
effect he was hoping for. He didn’t know what he expected.

“She’s not my girl. I don’t have a girl, want a girl or even deserve a girl.” Remus
said coldly as he withdrew from the conversation.

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