No sacred place we did not soar [open!]

[Remus John Lupin]

We were once young and blessed with wings
No heights could keep us from their reach
No sacred place we did not soar


Remus yawned slightly. He was bored and fed up with studying, even if he was still stubbornly staring at his book with the warm June sun shining on the back of his head. Oh, normally he would've been dragged off to some boyish adventure by now, and he remembered he'd always felt so annoyed when it happened - and now he missed it!
Oh well, at least he now knew he was ready for his OWL's a hundred percent. Remus actually felt pretty relaxed. He had seen some of his classmates and was glad to say he was feeling better than they looked. Surprisingly, he wasn't doing all that bad. He hadn't properly spoken to his friends (or to Annelise, for that matter) for quite some time, but Remus was able to make himself believe it was all the OWL's fault. As long as he could keep that up, he was fine. Everything would go back to normal after the exams, right? Or, eh, if they'd miss each other, somehow, things would be fine when the next school year started? Wouldn't they?

His hair had grown lighter due to the many hours he'd spent in these exact lawns, on his stomach, reading through his summaries and books without hardly any interruption. Remus had decided that his mood should match his hair - lighter. His exams were going to be fine, his friends would come round eventually, Annelise wouldn't have forgotten him (though she had any reason to, with both the OWL's and the grief for her brother on her mind). Things would work out, right?
Sixth year. Was he really sixteen already? Remus remembered the time when he was young, maybe nine or ten, and he believed he'd be a child forever, that life like it was at home would never end. He had been bored with life at home then, sometimes. He'd wanted friends or more things to do, but he couldn't deny that now he looked back to those days as happy times. Times when he hadn't been aware of worries and futures and jobs - heck, he hadn't even been aware of his parents' lack of money. To a child, the world's such a different place.

Despite anything, he felt good. Summer, short nights, he was definitely going to pass his exams, he was planning to read some wicked good books over the summer and his parents had owled him that they had bought him a new Cat Stevens record for his birthday. Really, despite everything.. things were pretty good?

[andromeda]

Listen to the sound from deep within
It's only beginning to find release.
The time has come for my dreams to be heard
They will not be pushed aside and turned
Into your own all 'cause you won't listen

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Andromeda Black was more often than not seen in the grounds, all by herself and surrounded with books. She didn't have a lot of friends at Hogwarts... actually she had none. Despite being a Slytherin, she did not like the other Slytherins and their snobbish charades. Unfortunately being in Slytherin also meant being stereotyped, therefore she had no real opportunity of having any friends out of her house. Even though she had any friends from other houses, Andromeda couldn't be seen with them. Bellatrix would certainly tell their parents and that would create pandemonium in the Black Household.

She was stuck with hanging with Bellatrix and her dumb friends. They followed her older sister like a herd of shipping, hanging from her every word and treating her like she was the Queen of Slytherin. What Andromeda couldn't really stand were Bella and her fiance, Rodolphus Lestrange, making out in front of her... or worse, especially when he came to their house for the holidays. Meda was looking forward to seventh year because Bella wouldn't be at school. True, there was her younger sister but Narcissa had always been different. She accepted her for who she was.

Meda flipped onto her back and glanced up at the blue sky while shielding her face from the sun. She glanced sideways and stared at her regular neighbour for several seconds. Remus Lupin was one of her cousin's best friends. She wondered what it was like to hang around real friends and not ones who pretend to like you only because your sister is the sadistic Bellatrix. She sighed to herself and covered her face with her potions book. Meda inhaled deeply and closed her eyes for a brief moment. Before she knew it, she was fast asleep.

Andromeda was standing alone in the middle of the forbidden forest, shivering with cold. She heard a noise coming from behind her and instinctively broke into a run. Meda could see a brightly lit hole ahead of her and plunged through it, not knowing what to expect on the other side. She stopped short in her tracks and glanced around her wide eyed. Meda was no longer in Hogwarts but in the ballroom of her house. She glanced down at the exuberant gown she was wearing and tried tearing it off. Theodore appeared in front of her, flanked by her parents.

Cygnus looked down at her with a hard expression and said frostily, "Is this filthy mudblood your boyfriend?" Andromeda stepped backwards, her eyes shifting from her parents to Teddy. She finally gave a small nod and Cygnus's face turned a violent shade of purple. He pulled out his wand and pointed it at Andromeda. "How could you? This is an outrage. A shame on your family's respectable name." He pointed his wand at Teddy and hissed, "I will not have it Andromeda. He will have to die because of you." Meda started pleading with her father, who as if to taunt her placed the cruciatus curse on Teddy.

Andromeda started twitching and screaming in her sleep. She woke up and pushed herself into a sitting position, panting heavily and holding her hand to her chest.

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TAGGED: Open // WORD COUNT: 530 // OUTFIT: Not mentioned // NOTES: The 2 paragraphs in italics are her nightmare

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[Remus John Lupin]

Remus knew Andromeda Black by association, but not personally. Sirius had mentioned her a few and Remus had remembered because those had been the only times when he had spoken well of a member of his family. Rumour had it that she had met a muggle boy and that they were sort of involved. Remus wasn't interested in rumours; Skeeter had spawned it, probably. Even if it were true, it was no business of his. He didn't know her and although Sirius knew her, they still weren't very close. Well, not as close as Remus was with his friends. Well - had been.

They seemed to choose the same places to read or study occasionally, but Remus guessed she just liked the outdoors like he did. Pure coincidence and nothing more.
He glanced at her briefly, but she appeared to be asleep. Who could blame her - exams were tiring.
It wasn't until she was starting to move and make sounds that he actually looked at her again. She seemed uneasy, there was no one else around, and still Remus was hesitant to wake her up. Why? 1) They had never spoken. 2) She was a girl. 3) She was still a Black and there was no way to tell how she would react. Those were three reasons out of many - Remus could invent an infinity of them, simply because he was a little intimidated by her. She could either scream at him, which would be bad, or ask him how her cousin was doing or something, which was worse because he had not spoken to Sirius for ages.

Luckily, she woke up by herself. Well, not really luckily. She seemed rather shocked, to be honest. Not that Remus was staring, of course.
Then again.. they were all alone and she looked rather upset. It would be rude not to ask if she was alright. What was the worse that could happen? She could insult him, but it wasn't like it could be worse than anything that Sirius had said or could say. They were not that far apart, either, so no need to get closer to her, right?
"You alright?" he asked, barely loud enough for her to hear. Remus still partly expected her not to hear him or pretend she hadn't. He was fine, either way. At least he wouldn't be able to feel bad about not asking her if she was alright.