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Disclaimer: I don�t own Harry Potter� duh!

A/N: And now to finish the second half! Malfoy�s a git, I hate him�both Lucious and
Draco�

Summer with a Werewolf: Part 2

Crystal

We headed out
early to get a camping site for the Quidditch World Cup because of the fact
that it would get harder and harder to amass so many people, so we decided on a
nice out of the way spot where privacy might follow us. However, I was having a lot of trouble sleeping
lately, and tonight was no exception. I
had already woken up twice in the midst of nightmares and stuff I didn�t
understand�

(Dream)

�Why don�t you
hit her Snape?� a malicious voice asked.

�I just don�t
want to!� a voice replied, it must be Severus�s voice.

�C�mon, its
Slytherin tradition, you have to take part in it!� the voice said.

�I already did
take part. I lured her here and I don�t
want to hurt her by my own hands,� Severus replied.

�You know she
won�t blame you!� the voice reasoned.

�Malfoy, that�s
the point, she won�t and that�s why I can�t!� Severus exclaimed.

�Why can�t you
hit her? Just once, why can�t you hit
her?� Malfoy asked.

�I don�t want her
to hate me�� he replied.

�She won�t hate
you, she won�t even blame you. She never
has and she never will!� Malfoy exclaimed.

�It�s still my
choice and I don�t want to hit her!� Severus practically yelled. I heard scuffling of feet and the unlatching
of the door. Have they come to hurt me
again? Lucious Malfoy seemed to hear of
a tradition from somewhere where they kidnap someone from one of the other
houses and torment them for a long time, until rescue or until they got bored
and dropped the person off in the hospital wing. I�ve been here a week already, and they said
that was the longest any of the people kidnapped had been in here.

�Cat?� a nervous
voice asked me. I felt a light touch on
my cheek. I was so weakened I could
barely look up.

�Sev�� I began
but I felt a finger pressed to my lips.

�I�m sorry, I
really am. I should never have tricked
you into coming here. Now I�m in here
with you until I hit you at least once.
I won�t do it though, I can�t bear the thought of causing you more
pain,� he said.

�I�won�t�blame�you,�
I muttered. I heard the tearing of cloth
and something was being wrapped around my head.

�You�re bleeding
really badly,� he said, and I could tell this was out of character for him, so
why was he doing it?

�Why�why do you
care?� I asked him, trying to look at him.

�Because you
cared. When I needed a friend, you were
there, no one else was. You cared when I
truly needed it,� he said, �You are the only true friend I think I have.�

�But�you
still�hurt me�� I stated.

�I won�t
anymore�I promise�� he said, and even then I knew it wouldn�t true until he
stood up to the other Slytherin boys and told them off and to leave him alone.

�Sev�� I began to
speak slowly.

�Yeah?� he asked.

�Don�t�leave�me,�
I said, �I need�you�too, just some�sometimes��

�� Severus
didn�t say anything, but I sensed a blush rising upon his face.

�Sev?� I asked
and he took my hand into his.

�� he still
didn�t say anything, he just squeezed my hand and a tear ran down his face.

�That�s�okay,� I
murmured and fell unconscious. He must
really have mixed up feelings about me�

(End Dream)

I opened my eyes
slowly, feeling them wet slightly from tears, and looked out the tent
exit/entrance. The sun was beginning to
shine down onto the grass. This was
new. I woke up in the morning� that
dream was really interesting; it wasn�t as bad as the past few.

�Remus?� I asked,
turning to look at the other bed.

�What, is it
morning already?� he asked, yawning and stretching and attempting to sit up. �I�m
never a morning person.�

�Remus, I have
another question�� I began.

�What is it?� he
asked.

�Who saved me?� I
asked.

�From what
Crystal? Who saved you from what?� he
asked.

�From the
Slytherins� during their tradition� who saved me?� I asked.

�Is that the
dream you had now? Well, let me see� I
believe it was Lily,� he said.

�So Severus
didn�t save me?� I asked, feeling slightly downcast. If that was true, then what had really
happened in the dream?

�In some ways he
did. It was he who told Lily where to
find you and then helped her get into Slytherin, but in fact, it was Lily who
truly saved you,� he explained, �But you still didn�t blame Severus��

�Should I have?�
I asked, sitting up in bed as well.

�Well, I like to
think that because you never blamed him, the guilt trip got to him and he
changed so he wouldn�t think anymore he�d loose you�� Remus said, �At least,
that�s my theory�now, let�s say we get breakfast started! The match starts today, and I assume it�ll be
a good one!� I got up and went outside
in my PJs. It was truly a lovely day!

�Now what do we
have here?� a cold voice asked, and I turned to look into the face of Lucious
Malfoy!

�What are you
doing in this part of the woods Mr. Malfoy?� I asked, slightly confused why he
would bother. From what I heard about
him, he wouldn�t be wasting his time here for any reason, especially just to
say �hi�.

�I�m merely
trying to see who�s here for the big game,� he said, �It�s completely innocent
to talk to my neighbors, isn�t it?� The
way he said it had a ton of malice.

�I do suppose so,
but please leave our campsite!� I said solidly.

�Riyusaki, is
it? Who might you be here with? I thought Draco informed me you had no
family,� he said.

�Crystal,
breakfast!� Remus called, coming out of the tent. I could have almost laughed at the sight,
Remus and I were still in our PJs and here a Malfoy stood in front of us. I didn�t though; I really didn�t think it was
appropriate.

�A little
inappropriate, isn�t it Lupin? Being
here with a minor?� Lucious asked with a smirk on his face. �What would Albus Dumbledore
think of this?� Remus turned a slight
red, but didn�t say anything either.

�It isn�t! I don�t think you have a right to assume
anything!� I said, and met his gaze, �And whether you believe it�s
inappropriate or not, that�s your business.
I don�t believe Professor Lupin or I are required to give you a reason!� I stood defiant against him, feeling
protective of Remus, although he had done nothing wrong.

�A bit bold for
someone of your stature. You remind me
of someone, someone I hope you won�t turn into, for that would be very bad
indeed,� Lucious said and walked away from our campsite without another word. That had sounded like a threat.

�Thank you Crystal. But why did you refer to me as
Professor? Last time I checked I wasn�t
your professor anymore, merely a friend, but whether I�m an old friend or a new
friend has yet to be seen, eh?� Remus asked with a smile.

�To show
respect. To call you by your first name
might have given Lucious some sort of idea to attempt something with,� I said,
�I won�t have you receive any punishments on my account��

�How noble,� he
said sarcastically, �Yep, I have no doubts in my mind, you act very much like
Katy. Come in now, breakfast is ready. And don�t worry about Lucious, he�s always
like that.�

�Yummy, I�m
famished. Telling off a bad guy makes
you hungry!� I said, strolling past Remus.
I heard him laughing as he came inside the tent, maybe today wouldn�t be
too bad after all. I wondered if the
match would be really good today, I hope it�s a good one worth seeing.

�

We had pretty good seats, up high so we
could actually see what was going on a little better. I was so happy to be able to spend time here
with Remus, not as supposed old friends, but just as friends, not as old or new
friends, with no strings attached. I
really couldn�t wait for the game to begin.
I looked around and saw the top box across the way. I looked in my Omnioculars to see who was in
the box, and I saw some ministry officials, some foreign people, the Malfoys
and the Weaslys! Wow, Harry was there
too! So was Hermione! They had some of the best seats, lucky them!

�What are you
looking at Crystal?� Remus asked, pulling me back down into my seat.

�I�m looking at
the top box; Remus, I see Harry and company are up there!� I exclaimed as I sat
down. Each team was starting to be
introduced, well, not the teams, but their mascots instead.

�Veela!� Remus
exclaimed, ignoring the comment I had just made. I looked down at the field to see women with
white or silvery hair dancing around.
Veela, I had read about them, weren�t they like Sirens or
something? I noticed Remus staring quite
intently. I could tell he wanted to do
something�

�Um�Remus? What are you doing?� I asked, but he wasn�t
paying attention, in fact, he looked about ready to jinx something�

�� he opened his
mouth but I whacked him upside the head.

�REMUS LUPIN!� I
shouted, loud enough to snap a few other men out of their trance as well,
turning to watch me.

�What, what
exactly did I do wrong?� he asked, the look of extreme innocence on his face.

�Well, you were
falling under the spell of some women!� I exclaimed, glancing to see they were
moving to their side of the field, having stopped dancing.

�Ah, look
Leprechauns!� he exclaimed, ignoring me once again. He was like such a little child right
now! I sat down and watched them do
whatever they were doing. All of a
sudden, a rainbow appeared in the sky, and gold began to filter down.

�What the hell?�
I asked, �It can�t be real!� I was
planning on ignoring it if not for Remus shoving it into my lap.

�Put it in a
bag!� he said excitedly, and tried to grab more. The rainbow faded away and Remus sat down
once again next to me, and everybody else sat around us as well, settling down
because the teams were about to be announced.

�Remus, I don�t
think this gold is real�� I began. He
looked over at me, took one of the coins and examined it closely.

�What makes you
say that?� he asked.

�Well, mostly
because no one would just let gold rain down from the sky just to give away to
random people in a stadium. I mean, this
place is packed!� I said solidly. Remus
looked at the gold again.

�Oh wait, it
can�t be real� Leprechaun gold disappears in a few hours doesn�t it?� he asked
in a disappointing tone. The few people
listening in on us turned to face us.

�Does it really?�
one of the witches asked.

�Yes, I�m afraid
so,� Remus muttered and looked at the amount I had in my lap, �And I went so
quickly to collect it!� I sighed
heavily, this wasn�t good for him to mope, and I didn�t want him to mope around
like that for the rest of the summer.

�Well, how about,
I�ll buy you a double scoop of chocolate chip ice cream covered in mint
sprinkles,� I said and to my surprise he began to laugh and reached over and
hugged me.

�You remembered
my favorite!� he said, �You may not remember, but that was my favorite ice
cream!�

�How the heck did
I know that?� I asked.

�I don�t know,
but maybe in the back of your mind something�s waking up and remembering
things, maybe just little things, but it�s good your memory seems to be�well,
remembering! That�s a really good thing,�
he said, and let go of me, �But�I guess we can sort out the confusion
later�let�s watch the game!� I turned to
face the game once again. It had already
started while he was contemplating the gold and such. It seemed to be pretty interesting right
now. I pulled out my Omnioculars and
watched what was going on with the seekers.
It looked like there was no snitch in sight yet. Bulgaria Versus Ireland, this was an
interesting match. Both sides probably
didn�t even speak English! The one
seeker, I believe he was named Krum, seemed like a really good player. I think at the moment, well, he looked like
he saw the snitch! I watched him zip
around the playing field and the other seeker dashed after him. They were all on Firebolts, wait, Harry had
one of those too, didn�t he?

�What just
happened?� I asked as I heard the whistle blow.

�Victor Krum
feinted!� a wizard yelled.

�Oh, is that
all?� I asked.

�That is a foul,
that is!� the wizard yelled, only giving me a glance, then turned back to watch
the game.

�Sorry!� I yelled
and turned back to focus on the game as well.

�I hope you are enjoying
this,� Remus said, �It�s been so long since I�ve seen a professional Quidditch
game!�

�Oh, that�s
right; all you�ve been able to watch have been school games!� I said with a
giggle.

�Well, let�s
focus back on the game!� he said and turned away from me. I watched it a little bit more, standing up
to get some better views of the game and then sat down as I began to get tired
out. I�d feel better playing Quidditch.

(Flash)

�Hey, Cat, I heard you are our newest
addition!� James called out to me, running to catch up to me. I paused in my step so he could stop at my
side.

�Yeah, I�m your new beater!� I replied. �I
look forward to it, hitting things always appealed to me in so many ways on so
many levels.� I laughed and he raised an
eyebrow at me.

�Well, I hope you do us some good, the
previous beater you�re replacing had some troubles playing, he always seemed to
have an excuse for his mildly poor performance,� James said, shifting his feet
again, �I hope you have better manners too.�

�I�ll do my best!� I said, �Well, I best
be off to class Potter, I�ll see you later!�

(Flash)

�Crystal, are you
awake in there?� Remus asked worriedly. �You zoned out for a minute.�

�What happened?�
I asked, snapped out of my flashback. �What went on while I was out?�

�Ireland
won, but Krum from the Bulgarian team caught the snitch,� Remus said, a small smile
on his face.

�Was I out for
that long?� I asked.

�No, not
really. Ireland was defeating Bulgaria
so badly so quickly I guess Krum just decided to end the game. We should head back to the campsite, but I
don�t think we should expect quiet tonight; every Ireland team supporter will
be celebrating tonight. And though we�re
out of the way, I don�t think we�re immune�� he said, �But it�s not so bad, I
should be celebrating with them��

�Why must you?� I
asked.

�Well, I made a
small wager that I just won�� he said and turned red, �I know�gambling is
bad�but it was a really small wager, and besides, it turned out all right, didn�t
it?�

�� I didn�t say
anything back; I didn�t exactly know what to say.

�It won�t happen
again,� he said quickly, �I promise on pain of death!�

�� I still
didn�t know what to say. Remus turned
bright red for a moment and then grabbed my hand. I don�t think he realized I didn�t really
remember or understand the concept of gambling as of yet.

�Well�we should
leave, most of the crowd has cleared out anyways, so traffic back to our site
shouldn�t be that bad�� he said.

�Yeah, I�m
getting a little hungry!� I said.

�Tell you what,
let�s see if we can�t get some snacks from some of the venders before they
close for the day!� he said and I felt myself dragged down the stairs and out
of the stadium seats.

�Yeah, some sugar
might do us some good,� I said with a smile and a slightly cocked eyebrow. Remus smiled at me and I started to laugh.

�SUGAR!� I cried
giddily, looking over what we had left of the treats we had purchased. We had a stash that Remus said we should eat
fast so we can get rid of the trash, so I was on a sugar high tonight! I don�t think I had eaten anything good for
the past day, except perhaps breakfast.

�Yes�ha, ha,
sugar�� Remus said through fits of laughter, lying on his bed. We had run out of conversational topics, so
we had begun to tell dirty jokes. Remus
had a lot of them, but then again, he said since he hung out with James and
Sirius, he had learned a lot of jokes in his day.

�Okay, I have
another one!� I said, laughing again, �I got this one off of Fred and George
Weasly��

�WAIT!� Remus
said, sitting up and hushing me, �Do you hear that?� I glanced around and strained my ears before I
heard panicked screams and terrifying screams.

�That doesn�t
sound good,� I said, and Remus and I poked our heads out of the tent to see
what was going on outside.

�Dear me! Look what they�re doing to the poor muggles!�
Remus shouted. I looked to where he was
pointing and a group of people were tormenting the Roberts, the family that had
helped us discover where our campsite was and helped a lot of the people stay
on these campgrounds, so why would anyone be so mean to them?

�Isn�t there anything
we can do to help them?� I asked worriedly.

�Stay here, I�m
going to go and help them as best as I can, you stay here, and if they come
here, head towards the forest, I�ll find you!
Promise!� he said and looked at me.
I glanced back at him and nodded.

�Stay safe,
that�s what I�ll do!� I said and nodded again.

�This sugar high
better last me a while,� he said. I
nodded again and put on a coat and continued to watch what was going on. I couldn�t believe they would do that to
muggles! Wait�what time of the month was
it? Had it been thirty days since the
last full moon? I had to find Lupin, or
else the ministry might hurt him as well.
I slipped past the people in hoods and looked around for a werewolf or
any signs of the moon at all. Aha! There was a clearing! I ran into it and looked up into the night
sky.

�DAMN!� I yelled,
and then hushed myself. I hardly swore,
why start now? I had to find Remus. I could hear people laughing and cheering and
screams and such as I ran back into the fray.
I pulled out my wand to protect myself in case someone wanted to pick a
fight with me. One of the hooded people
did!

�What do we have
here?� the person asked and turned his wand on me.

�Stay away from
me! We�re all in danger if I don�t find
him!� I said, but the person grabbed a hold of my arm.

�You�re not going
anywhere little girl,� he said, at least, it sounded like a man, �Who�re you
trying to find?�

�A werewolf!� I
shouted and aimed my want at him, focusing all my energy, �VERMILLIOUS
DUO!� Light shot out of my wand and
knocked him backwards back into the fray.
A few people turned and looked to see where the attack had come from and
decided testing the area where it did originate from wasn�t a good idea. I ran around, trying to find signs of
Remus. I heard a loud voice boom
something and some green light began to spill over everyone and there was great
panic! I couldn�t make out what was
going on, I just had to find Remus amidst all this chaos.

�WEREWOLF!� a
woman�s voice shot out and I moved in the direction of that voice. It had to be Remus, if not, another werewolf
I might be able to help not hurt anyone.

�REMUS!� I shouted and saw a werewolf charging in my
direction, chasing after a woman. She
shot past me and I stood my ground. The
werewolf jumped onto me and bit my arm.

�REMUS!� I
shouted again, �STOP THIS MADDNESS!� The
teeth lessened and the werewolf backed off and looked at me.

(I
bit her, it�s over now�) he said, but I didn�t feel any different from the
bite.

�Remus, are you
okay? You didn�t hurt anyone, did you?�
I asked, running up to him and hugging him around his neck.

(No�no one but you�) he said mournfully
in his mind and in my embrace I felt him changing back into his human form.

�It�s okay�� I
cried and held onto him, wrapping my coat around his torn clothes.

�No it�s not�I
just bit you!� he said and I felt warm tears on my shoulder.

�I won�t change,
it won�t affect me�� I said, �I don�t feel any different and I don�t think I
can!�

�Wait, that�s
right, you�re the Protector of Forest, no animal curse seems to affect you�� he
said, �I still hate myself for biting you!�

�It�s just a bad
night, that�s all!� I said.

�Why are you out
here anyways? I thought I told you to
hide�oh wait� you�� he said with a whisper.

�I realized
tonight is the full moon�� I finished, �Let�s go back to the tent and you tell
me what happened��

�

�The ministers
had their hands full� I could tell that,� he began, �I offered to help, which
they accepted, then I realized what night it was and I ran off into the words
before I changed, but then that woman came into the woods and discovered
me�� He let his voice trail off after
that and told about what that green spell might have been, even though he
didn�t see what it was.

�I assume Mr.
Weasly will tell you if you ask, right?� I asked.

�Perhaps, I can
still hear some commotion going on out there�Such a terrible thing, a lot of commotion. It�s going to be a lot of trouble for the
ministry,� he said, �It was a bunch of former death eaters. Nice reminder that they�re still out there�oh
sorry��

�For what?� I
asked.

�Severus was a
death eater�well, he�s sort of the spy for our side now, thanks to you, but he
still was one�� Remus said. �That was why the ministry hated you, because you
married a death eater. They thought you
were just as bad as the death eaters were.
Never mind Crystal, it�s
unimportant at the present time.� I didn�t
care right now, I was just really tired.

�Well, my sugar
rush has worn off,� I said, �I really think we should get to bed.�

�Crystal�� he
said and I hushed him.

�It�s okay, it
really is!� I said, �I don�t mind�I mean I don�t mind now because I don�t
remember but I don�t think I�d mind even if I did remember, I think�� I said.

�Alright then, we should get to bed, we
probably are leaving in the morning�� he said, �I�ll step outside so you can
change�� He was probably going outside
to use the bathroom before bed, so I changed quickly and crawled under the
covers.

�Well, we
actually need to clean up our mess�� I said and Remus came back in a little bit
later.

�Oh, that�s
right, we need to clean this up, don�t we?� he asked and waved his wand over
the garbage and it disappeared, �We wouldn�t want raccoons in this tent now
would we?� He laughed slightly and shed
his coat as well and crawled under the covers.

�Aren�t you going
to change?� I asked from across the tent.

�No, I think I�m
too tired to bother,� he said, �Besides, if we leave early, I can get up and pack
and let you sleep.�

�You�re too
kind�� I whispered as I faded off into sleep.

�After what you
did tonight? Making sure the ministry
didn�t come after me, which they might still seeing as how I was the only
werewolf there and I was chasing some woman, was more than kind for me�� he
said and closed his eyes, �Besides, I��
He was already asleep before he finished his sentence. Remus was a good man, I wondered why there
wasn�t anyone in his life, and I might have to do some matchmaking. Wait a minute, was that me talking in my head
or my past self saying that? It was
getting harder and harder to know who I was, and that was trouble for me I
thought. I was worried about this year
at school, I sensed something big would be happening, but what the big thing
was I couldn�t tell! I felt myself drift
off into a dreamless sleep, still worrying over the future. This year�something was going to happen, I
could just sense it!

I never knew how to
say goodbye

I never knew how to
say hello

All I knew

Was that I knew
nothing

But the feeling inside
of me,

Telling me I knew
nothing

Was something

A voice, unlike
anything I�ve heard before

A cry

A song

A whisper

I longed to see who
spoke to me

That time when I knew
nothing.

TBC

A/N: And this was one of my longest chapters yet and I did
it without a song this time! This
chapter was a little lighter than some of my other chapters, and because
technically the �fourth book� is coming into play, there�s going to be a lot of
stuff that�s going to happen, and I can�t wait to write it! I hope all my reviewers will wait patiently
for it� so read and review please and don�t flame me! (Unless it�s rated G-PG)
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