we are a low word count, any level of experience rp set in harry's 3rd year at hogwarts. students and adults alike are welcome! given we are set fairly early in the series, everything that happens from this point on will be up to us! perhaps sirius black will be cleared and peter arrested, or perhaps something darker lurks in the shadows...
Post by Rose Ameile Hunter on Jul 30, 2018 5:43:53 GMT
"You'll learn again, I'm sure of it," she said softly. "I believe in you, that you can."
She watched as he walked to the window, "again, you're labelling me unfairly. Falling in love and not wanting you for anything else? I - I don't even know what that means it's so stupid. Who would I turn to if said person I fall in love with decided to piss me off? Who would I rely on at that point? It would be you, first and foremost. My big brother Remus will protect me from everything. I saw it in your eyes tonight when Sirius got a little too friendly. The only reason you didn't do anything is that you saw it as what it was, a very poor joke. And you probably would have done exactly what Elias had done.
I'm always going to need you, Remus. You're my big brother. There's no one who can replace you."
He was then in front of her and taking her hands and her eyes widened. So mum and dad did get to him! Hallelujah! She gripped his hands with hers.
"All you need to do is try, try and give us the chance."
She smiles determinedly, eyes filled with passion. "We can fight together, Remus, We'll do it together Remus. Me, you, Dora, Elias... all of us. It's... It's not going to be easy and it's not going to happen overnight. But it's worth fighting for."
“What I mean is… you could just find someone to replace me, even if you say you can’t. We might be family but… in a lot of ways… my father did that to me. Replaced me with you. A daughter who was whole. A daughter who wasn’t running off to fight with their friends against the darkness that was rising. Someone he could actually love.”
Remus. Stop. You know that isn’t true.
“I want to try at least,” He gives her a small smile. He remembered back when he first joined the Order, and it had been James who convinced him to join. Remus just wanted to live a normal life – but James had convinced him a normal life was impossible without the fight. He didn’t want those he cared about to get hurt so he came up with the courage to fight and do whatever it took.
And then he lost everything.
He was afraid to fight again – more afraid than he had been to fight the first time. He knew the hurt that came afterwards, he knew the throbbing pain in his heart that never wanted to heal, that kept getting picked open and infected. “You are worth fighting for. Dora is worth fighting for. You two are the most important people in my life. And – And I hope Sirius can become someone important again – I just have to… make sure he isn’t lying first before I let him in again.”
Post by Rose Ameile Hunter on Jul 30, 2018 6:10:15 GMT
Oh, she was well versed in what their father had done. She wasn't blind to that story and to be honest, that angered her too. But if anyone asked her, like the Defense Against the Dark Arts position, their father was cursed. She had managed just a couple years older than Remus had before he was bitten and maybe it had just been bad timing, but part of her thought it was just fate at work. Their father hadn't paid his dues and tried to cheat fate.
She smiled wryly, "a lot of good that did, huh? All he got was a repeat of the same problem. Father did not handle the problem spectacularly last time. He was a coward too. He had the opportunity to do better.... and I had the ability to learn that we don't have to suffer so much."
She gripped his wrist at this. "You don't realize how similar I am to you."
She left it at that, grinning. "If it's worth anything - I know you have to have the proof - but, I have a good feeling he isn't. But we'll see, once we find Peter.
God forbid how we're going to track him down. Castle huge and he's a tiny rat. If only -"
Her eyes widened slightly. "Remus," she hissed. "Why haven't you asked about the map?!"
Remus frowned and looked away. He loved Rose and he didn’t blame her at all for everything that had happened. But he was still angry at his father – and Amelie to a lesser degree. Taking in a deep breath he let out a sigh and shook his head.
“Add up our time of being normal and he got one kid through childhood and into being a teenager.” He shrugged.
“Oh uh, I’ve been distracted. That’s part of the reason Dora and I had a fight earlier after you left… I – I’ve been getting distracted.”
Post by Rose Ameile Hunter on Jul 30, 2018 20:12:22 GMT
She sighed, shaking her head, "honestly Remus."
She released his hands and put her hands on her hips, "you asked for my help. I'm going to give it to you.
Consider learning to forgive and let go. I know that's going to take a lot. But it'll go a long way."
She smiled at him, "good distractions, I hope."
There was no tease or joking, she was genuinely happy for him. "Nothing like a little love in the world to make dark days seem brighter. Do you want me to track down the twins? They might be confused about why you know about it, but since I've already borrowed it before..."
He shakes his head. “There’s a lot of things I can forgive, but that isn’t one of them that’s easy. He made the same mistakes again. Maybe not all the mistakes again. But enough.”
His face blushed when she suggested good distractions, and quickly looked away. “Very… very good distractions.” He bit his lower lip and smiled at her. “Now I can’t have you doing my job for me all the time. First Sirius, next the map. Then Peter?” He actually chuckled slightly and shook his head. “I appreciate the offer, but I –“ He stops for a moment. “I was doing it again. Alright, I’ll leave it to you.”
Post by Rose Ameile Hunter on Jul 30, 2018 21:22:45 GMT
"All right. I get that I can't really do anything when it comes to you and Dad, eventually, I'll get all of us under the same room. One day."
She smiled softly, "good. I'm glad. Keep doing that."
She rose a brow and giggled, "I'm not doing anyone's job! As you could tell, I didn't know what I was looking for. Sirius was just a happy accident! How was I to know, seriously? I just came across a half-frozen pup in Hogsmeade. It's like you think I was looking for him. If anything, he had a bad lapse of judgement, being out there like that. Anyone could've caught him, thankfully it was me... and not.. a dementor or anything."
A laugh. "And I have no time to be tracking down a rat that is causing trouble. I knew it was awfully weird that a rat lived for twelve years."
She frowned, "I should've kept it when I figured out what it was. Told them I had lost it... if I had known how crucial it would have become. I mean, it had been sitting in Filch's office for god knows how long..."
She rose a brow. "Now that's the stuff. But seriously, what would you say to the twins without revealing yourself Messer Moony?"
She barked out a laugh, elbowing him gently in the side.
He smiled when she giggled. This was good. This was happy. This was making him smile and feel fuzzy inside. For someone like him who wasn’t used to it at all, it was extremely intense.
“Oh well, I went through several options in my head. I saw them giggling at a piece of paper, or how I had figured out the map when I was at school and heard from Filch it was stolen, or uh… something like that.”
Remus shrugged when she called his excuse lame – honestly it was, but what else was he going to say? Hey, I know you have that map give it to me. Don’t ask how I know. Remus might have been the smart one of the group, but he was never really that great at making up excuses, lies to tell.
“Good luck with that essay.” He gives her a wink as she pulls him into a hug. He hugs her back, holding her tightly, and savoring the feeling until she pulled away. “Love you too Rose.”
Post by Rose Ameile Hunter on Jul 31, 2018 0:59:41 GMT
Finally she thought happily to herself as he hugged her back. Finally, life was sorting itself out. No more heartbreak. No more pain. Just happiness. "And remember Moony, you can."
She gave him a bright smile as decided to back out of the room, tripping over something on the floor before vanishing through the door.
