Title: Darkness of the Moon pt. 11/15

Author: Deathangelgw

Disclaimer: saaaaaaame as always!

Warnings: Sap, angst, and dark here. Innocence betrayed…

Pairings: yea…like I’m changing that anytime soon…

Rating: PG-13

Note: Well…my writing has been incredibly influenced by # 5 this time around. Things have been changed a bit to both match the book somewhat, but also my plot. Hope everyone enjoys and…oh yes, please review!

‘thoughts’

“/Remus/Evie speech/”

The next day passed with little to no fuss, though Sirius did have an argument with Severus. Angered at having been stood up, Sirius had pestered Snape when they were alone and the shouting match had turned ugly. It was only by an extreme intervention on Remus and James’ part that the two made up, but even then, things were tense.

Severus was worried that he should warn Remus and Evie about some trouble, but they were both occupied with the fact that the full moon was the next night and, as always, were tense. He put off telling them, knowing that they didn’t need the added stress. But, he also hoped that Dumbledore would act soon. He was thus distracted when he met up with Sirius, then finally told him his worries about the two.

Concerned, Sirius talked to Remus that night about what Severus had revealed he had ‘heard’, for Severus had not revealed that he had been responsible for his two friends’ danger. Remus agreed to speak to Evie the next day and sent a message to Severus, through a special notebook that they had all created which allowed for messages to be passed to the twin of one book, telling him thank you.

*~~**~~*

The next day, they were heading to the Great Hall for breakfast when Evie and Lily ran up, giggling as they talked over a piece of paper. Evie looked up and smiled brightly. “Look what I got! Someone sent me some candy and a note!” she cried as she handed the note to her love.

“Evie’s got a secret admirer!” Lily added with a giggle.

“Oh? What’s his name?” James asked with a smirk as he looked over Remus’ shoulder. They both froze, eyes wide with horror as they saw the name.

“Tom Riddle…I don’t know anyone by that name, so I guess it’s someone nice. He gave me some chocolates, made for me!” Evie replied, not noticing the looks they were getting and Lily giggled again.

“Hon…you...did you eat those chocolates?” Remus’ whisper stopped the two girls and they looked over in concern as they saw how grim James, Remus, and Sirius were.

“Yea sure! It was safe! I checked!” Evie answered with a wave of her hand, laughing nervously. “Come on…what’s with the looks? Do you know who this Tom Riddle is?”

“I think, Mr. Lupin, that you should get young Evie to the medical wing immediately.” Dumbledore’s soft, yet serious voice startled them as he came up behind them.

“Medical wing?! But why?” Lily asked in surprise, then looked over in surprise as a tiny gasp escaped from Evie. “Evie?! What’s wrong?”

Evie opened her mouth to answer, her hand clutched around her neck as she shuddered. “Re…mus…” she whimpered out, and then collapsed forward, shuddering in pain as blood dripped from her mouth.

“EVIE!!!” the four other Gryffindors cried out in shock as they came to her side. Remus gathered her close, shaking her with wide frantic eyes. “Evie…Evie!! Come on open your eyes!” he cried as he shook her.

“Remus! Medical wing!” Sirius cried as he knelt down and scooped her up into his arms, running as fast as he could through the crowd of concerned students that were gathering to the medical wing with the other three right behind him, followed by Dumbledore. They ran into the medical wing and Madame Pomfrey ran over, alarmed as Sirius laid out the shaking Gryffindor on a cot.

“What happened? Albus, what is going on?!” Pomfrey demanded as she checked over Evie, trying to contain her convulsions.

“I suggest, Poppy, that you get a potion that will neutralize silver,” Dumbledore answered grimly, frowning as the other four youth gasped in horror. “She was poisoned, deliberately since the full moon is so close. Someone now knows about her and Remus,” he explained softly and Pomfrey nodded and went to get the needed potion.

“Who?! And why?! Who is this…Tom Riddle?!” Lily cried out as tears streaked her face.

“Tom Riddle…is Voldemort,” James replied softly, face grim as Remus held onto Evie’s hand, pleading softly with her to hang on. “How did he know?” James whispered softly, perplexed, as he hugged a stunned Lily soothingly.

“I’ll give you ten Galleons that it was Malfoy! He’s always been suspicious…but how did he find out?!” Sirius growled out then looked over as Remus cried out. His eyes widened as he saw that Evie had gone still, face deathly pale.

“Evie?! Evie wake up please!! Don’t leave me!!” Remus cried out as he brushed his hand over her face, pleading with her to wake up. The other three youth trembled in shock and sorrow as they watched. “Evie?!! Evie!!!” Remus wailed as he shook her, trying to get her to come around.

Pomfrey ran back in and, upon seeing her patient’s state, ran over and checked her pulse. Frowning in concentration, she placed her hands over Evie’s heart. “Someone hold him!” she commanded as she nodded towards Remus and bent to her task as Sirius came forward and pulled Remus back, pinning him as his friend struggled. “Lumina Expectactorum!!” she cried out and lightening shot from her hands into Evie, making the young woman arch in reaction.

“Evie!! Please don’t leave me!!” Remus screamed, sobbing as Pomfrey tried again after a minute. Finally, Evie cried out, gasping for air and Pomfrey gave her the antidote swiftly. Sirius let Remus go in his relief and the young werewolf ran to Evie’s side, clutching at her hand. He whispered her name soothingly as he brushed her face, encouraging her to come back to him.

Dumbledore looked at the three other worried bystanders as Pomfrey set to work healing Evie’s internal injuries. “I suggest that you go to class and wait until dark. Her transformation, believe it or not, will help heal her. But until then, you can not do anything,” he suggested gently as he saw the protests starting.

“How can we go to class when she’s here?! Who did this?! Why?!” Sirius demanded angrily as he gestured to his two best friends.

“I can not say, though, with the note, Voldemort is most likely in on it. However, you must not look into it! I will take care of things!” Dumbledore commanded softly, silencing their protests with a stern glare.

“I’m not leaving. I’m not going to class,” Remus’ soft voice, hoarse from tears, shot at them as he glared at Dumbledore, eyes glinting protectively. “Somebody used silver…that’s deadly to us! Especially right now! I’m not leaving her until I know she is safe!” he cried out angrily.

“Remus….” Evie’s soft voice startled them all and they looked to see her struggling to wake up and not shudder. She coughed, spitting out blood into the handkerchief that Pomfrey put under her mouth. She opened her eyes and looked hazily at her love. “/Remus go to class…I will be fine. I’ll need you tonight, but we mustn’t bring about suspicion. If anyone asks…I’m sick from a Muggle flu,/” she whispered in a language that only Remus understood, for it was their language.

The others glanced at each other in confusion. They’d never heard this language before…

“/But I can’t leave you! You almost…/” Remus stopped as more tears threatened and hugged her tightly.

“/I’ll be fine. The antidote is working…I’ll join you tonight. For now…you have to be strong,/” Evie whispered soothingly as she reached weakly up and ran her fingers through his hair. “Ok? Go on…” she whispered, then smiled as he kissed her softly and nodded.

He leaned up and looked at his friends, wiping his face. “She has the Muggle flu that’s been going around. We best get to class,” he said softly, nodding as his friends nodded as well. They each came over and squeezed Evie’s foot or hand in good-bye then went to class.

“Poppy…please take care of Miss Evie. I will check in later,” Dumbledore stated before smiling at Evie. “And you, young lady…get better,” he ordered with a chuckle.

“Yes, Headmaster. But Headmaster…who is Voldemort?” Evie asked quietly, noting the stiff tremble that went through Pomfrey.

“We do not say his name lightly, Evie. You have been fortunate not to know his kind for most of your life. I leave his tale to the others,” Dumbledore replied evasively before leaving the medical wing. Evie sighed softly in disappointment, then settled back and drank the potion that Pomfrey gave her.

*~~**~~*

Later that night, the group went out to the Forbidden Forest, sans Lily and Snape. Remus held up Evie as they transformed even through his own pain. He wouldn’t let her get hurt again….

Amazingly, he wouldn’t let the other Marauders come near her as she lay on the ground; weak and withered from the pain of the silver still being flushed from her system. He paced in front of her, growling menacingly at his friends when they tried to come over to check her over, their postures soothing.

But a soft, encouraging growl from Evie stopped Lupin’s protective stance as she struggled to stand up on shaky legs. She nipped at his leg, growling in an almost admonishing tone, then went to the three other animals. She nuzzled each of them tenderly as her strength returned, thanking them in that way for caring. She then turned to Lupin and licked him slowly, cleaning him as he growled softly in pleasure. She then tugged on his ear with her teeth and trotted off into the Forest, glancing at him in entreaty before heading in. Lupin followed her swiftly and the three other animals stayed back, letting them have that special time, filled with relief.

Before dawn, the three found the two and brought them back to Hogwarts and the medical wing, happy to see Evie as healthy as ever. But their worries still hung in the air. Who had just tried to kill one of their own…and why?

*~~**~~*

“Evie!! I’m so glad you are all right!” Lily’s voice called out as she ran to her best friend, hugging her tightly as the other girl came into the Great Hall with Remus for breakfast.

“I know…I’m sorry. That Muggle flu was just NASTY!” Evie replied as she hugged her friend back just as tightly as the other three came over to the small group. Some of the students were watching them, having heard that Evie had been seriously ill the previous day. Evie grinned at her best friend, winking. “But you know me…tender loving care gets me going…” she added and grinned even more as her friend giggled.

“Well, well…looks like the sickly came back! Skipping classes, Evie?” Malfoy’s sneering voice floated over as he walked over with Goyle, Crabbe, and a reluctant Snape in tow. He sneered at them as they glared at the approaching Slytherins. “Better watch it, street rat or else you’ll lose this home too,” he stated mockingly before laughing and walking away, two of the other three laughing with him as they walked past. Snape gazed at them pleadingly and smiled slightly when he saw the understanding in their eyes before he went with the rest of the group.

“That damn Malfoy! He’s behind that I know it!!” Sirius snarled as he waved his fist at the retreating blond’s back in frustration.

“We don’t know that for sure, Padfoot…calm down,” James replied quietly as they headed for classes.

“Right, big brother! We’ll see ya later!” Evie declared happily as she grabbed Lily’s hand and they ran off to meet up with some of their girlfriends before going into class.

The four boys watched them go worriedly. “I know Malfoy is connected with this…” Sirius hissed out as they headed slowly towards classes.

“But we can’t do anything until there is proof. We’ll just have to weather it out, Padfoot,” Remus stated quietly then hushed his friend as they went in. They knew that they had to find out what had happened, but, as time went by that year, they found that the trail went cold.

*~~**~~*

The year went by quickly and the girls passed their O.W.Ls easily after long nights of studying. Summer seemed to fly for them and they found that the year flew by as well. The boys graduated after taking their N.E.W.Ts and they all found themselves focusing on careers for their strengths. Peter joined the Ministry in administration, while Remus, James, and Sirius got intense training to become elite Aurors. Severus, surprisingly, took more classes to teach, then went for one of the positions at Hogwarts, ending up with the Potions' position, much to all of his friends’ pride.

Evie and Lily also joined the Ministry as investigators, but also got training as Aurors. Dumbledore had spoken secretly with each of them after they had all graduated. They had joined up with an order that Dumbledore was starting called the Order of the Phoenix, in order to counter strike against Voldemort and his growing Death eater followers.  Joining together, the group of friends worked together with others to try and stop the growing evil.

But they each worried on many things while dealing with Voldemort, as they grew older. But, as time passed, they also grew in confidence with each other. No matter what happened…they knew that they would be together.

TBC