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The First Day
Everythings the same as last time, written by me, no beta, same rating, same pairings, blah, blah, blah.
Summary for this chapter: Explanations, conversations and mentions of ghosts!
The First Day
Remus sighed as he walked through the mist of Dead Land. He had started calling it that during the first day being dead. Needless to say he had been startled when Harry had called him, James, Lily and Sirius’ spirits temporarily back to the land of living only a few short hours of death. He had been even more startled by Harry’s first question once they had gotten there. “Does it hurt to die?”
On impulse Remus had wanted to say, ‘It depends on the way’, but had stopped himself just in time. Instead someone else had replied that it didn’t. Remus stopped in his stroll as he mulled this reply over.
‘You only die once, right?’ he thought, ‘so I’m not sure. Three of the four of us had been Avada Kedavra’d so we at least know that doesn’t hurt. Sirius fell behind the curtain and he hadn’t said anything to contradict them, so I guess I’ll never know.’
Remus shrugged again and continued on his walk. He was so lost in his other thoughts that he didn’t hear anyone sneaking up behind him.
“Remus!” cried Sirius and he attacked him from behind.
“Sirius! Sheesh, warn me before you do that.” Remus pushed his friend off and looked at him and said, with all mock seriousness, “You almost killed me.”
They kept straight faces for all of four seconds before they dissolved into laughter. After they recovered they started walking again.
Remus shook his head at the wonder of it all. No matter where he was, and even if he didn’t know where he was they always knew where to find him. It bugged him sometimes when he was trying to find them and they always found him first. This time Sirius had found him on his way to James and Lily’s house.
He had wanted to talk to them since after Harry called them, but hadn’t had the chance. As he neared their home he felt his anxiety rise. He wanted to talk to them, but at the same time he didn’t. It felt like he was telling everyone he was going to be a father all over again. Anxious anticipation; he hadn’t felt that in awhile.
Sirius seemed to sense his discomfort and started joking around with him. When he did something particularly stupid and got a smile out of his friend he felt relieved. He had started to worry about him.
Even though James had said there was no need to knock the ever-polite Remus felt weird walking into a house without knocking. He opened the door and walked in slowly. He was in a small entrance hall leading to a fairly larger living room with couches and a couple chairs. To his dismay he saw that Lily and James were already sitting, seeming to know he was going to come talk to them.
“Hello,” James said as Remus and Sirius came into the living room, “We were expecting you.”
Remus gave him a lopsided smile as Sirius flopped down in a chair and he sat himself, “You always seem to know when I’m coming.”
“Well, that’s because we do. Know you’re coming that is.”
“Yes, it seems so, but why?” Remus asked, his curiosity getting the best of him for the moment.
James looked surprised for a moment and said, “Haven’t we told you already? We’re a pair of the Keepers of this Death Time Zone.”
“Keepers? Death Time Zone?” Remus asked, becoming more confused by the minute. His earlier reason for coming was now forcefully pushed to the back of his mind.
Sirius raised an eyebrow. “So we really haven’t told you?” when Remus shook his head no he sighed. “Well, it seems we’ve failed in our duty to keep you well informed,” he paused a moment thinking. “Lily, why don’t you explain to him? I’m no good at this sort of thing.”
She rolled her eyes but complied anyway, “The Keepers take care of happenings in this zone of Death. We welcome people, make places to stay, and re-unite them with dead friends and relatives,” she paused helping Remus absorb this information. “Death Time Zones are the boundaries that divide places and times of death from each other. For example this Time Zone is set from 2 years before you died to 8 years in the future. The boundaries of place accepted here is a 100 mile radius from Hogwarts.”
There was more silence as Remus absorbed this information in full. After a few minutes Remus finally responded. “Well, he said slowly, I guess that makes sense. After all, with all the people who die there should be some sort of order,” he then paused, looking at Sirius, “Wait, if you didn’t die there why are you here?”
Sirius grinned wolfishly. “I was transferred,” he said with a smirk, “Apparently it was too much for my Zone to handle.”
They chuckled at Sirius’ antics. Remus could see how he could be too much for them. The only one who could control a marauder was another marauder.
After they had all stopped laughing their conversation descended into small talk. What had happened since they had ‘left’ and what they had been doing in Dead Land. Remus had already told them of some things that had happened since they died, but he then began to remember what he had come for in the first place. He started to tactfully turn the conversation towards his teaching career at Hogwarts. He was successful.
“Yes, classes were a bit of a handful that year, but it did have some highlights.” Remus paused for a second seeing the perfect opportunity arise, “Did you Sirius tell you that Harry’s patronus is a stag?”
“No,” James said slowly, “He didn’t.” He looked at Sirius who shrugged.
“I wanted the man who taught him the charm to tell you himself,” he gave a mock bow and said, “I just didn’t know we’d be seeing him so soon.”
Remus gave a sheepish smile and said, “Well, I didn’t either, but anyway,” he collected himself, “Since we’re talking about Harry, what did you think about yesterday?”
Lily cleared her throat, “It...it was nice to see him. It had been a couple of years.”
When Sirius and Remus raised their eyebrows she explained, “When Voldemort first returned we discovered him and Harry had brother wands. We quickly gathered the victims of Voldemort and we came out and helped Harry the best we could,” she smiled at their astonishment.
James smiled also, “We had been wanting to talk to you about it, but since you just died and all we weren’t sure if you were really ready for it.”
“Well, I’m still not sure if I’m ready for it, but I want to talk about it. My biggest worry was why Harry wanted to know if death hurt.”
The whole group frowned at that question. Apparently the others had been wondering about that too. Suddenly Sirius looked up from where he had been trying to burn a hole through the carpet with his eyes.
“Wait a minute, didn’t you guys get a death notice that was suddenly recalled for no apparent reason?” Sirius suddenly questioned James.
A look of horror filled his face, “You don’t mean...?”
“You think it might’ve been Harry?” Remus asked, slightly disturbed.
Lily had a pained look on her face, “I’m almost sure of it. I felt something familiar in the preferred arrangement. The notice was recalled before I could get all the way to the name. That either means they decided it wasn’t his time or he died outside our boundaries.”
There was a tense silence. “Is there any way to check?” asked Remus suddenly.
“I’m not sure.” Lily answered, “There’s never been any reason for us to check before.”
“No, there is a way,” Sirius interrupted, “Someone else did it in my old Zone. Apparently you have to know a ghost from your death time in the area and they are the ones that will be able to find the information to you.”
“So, are there any ghosts in this Zone that we might know?” Remus asked anxiously.
“None that I can think of. Here,” James said walking into another room and grabbing a box, “Here are the Death Notices. I think I put all the ghosts in this folder.”
Remus grabbed the folder and sat down. Everyone watched him shuffle through the papers. They became slightly worried as he got to the last few sheets. They were startled when there was a small cry and the sound of papers falling to the floor.
“What is it?” Sirius asked his now ghostly pale friend.
Remus handed over the paper that had so affected him. “Nymphandora Tonks-Lupin. Place of Death: Hogwarts, time: 9:34pm. Wish after death: Become a Hogwarts ghost. Wish approved.”
“Tonks-Lupin?” questioned Lily. “Is that the energetic girl that could change her hair color?”
“Yes.” Remus said, some of the shock wearing off, now replaced by sadness. “We were just married last year. Have a baby too. Teddy Lupin, about a month old.” He said with sad pride.
James smiled sadly, sensing his thoughts. “Don’t worry. I’m sure there will be someone besides cruel muggles to take him in.” he tried to smile.
“Yes, I’m sure his grandmother will take care of him.” Remus took a deep, calming breath. “Well, now that we have an accomodating ghost, what do we do?”
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End chapter 2
Summary for this chapter: Explanations, conversations and mentions of ghosts!
The First Day
Remus sighed as he walked through the mist of Dead Land. He had started calling it that during the first day being dead. Needless to say he had been startled when Harry had called him, James, Lily and Sirius’ spirits temporarily back to the land of living only a few short hours of death. He had been even more startled by Harry’s first question once they had gotten there. “Does it hurt to die?”
On impulse Remus had wanted to say, ‘It depends on the way’, but had stopped himself just in time. Instead someone else had replied that it didn’t. Remus stopped in his stroll as he mulled this reply over.
‘You only die once, right?’ he thought, ‘so I’m not sure. Three of the four of us had been Avada Kedavra’d so we at least know that doesn’t hurt. Sirius fell behind the curtain and he hadn’t said anything to contradict them, so I guess I’ll never know.’
Remus shrugged again and continued on his walk. He was so lost in his other thoughts that he didn’t hear anyone sneaking up behind him.
“Remus!” cried Sirius and he attacked him from behind.
“Sirius! Sheesh, warn me before you do that.” Remus pushed his friend off and looked at him and said, with all mock seriousness, “You almost killed me.”
They kept straight faces for all of four seconds before they dissolved into laughter. After they recovered they started walking again.
Remus shook his head at the wonder of it all. No matter where he was, and even if he didn’t know where he was they always knew where to find him. It bugged him sometimes when he was trying to find them and they always found him first. This time Sirius had found him on his way to James and Lily’s house.
He had wanted to talk to them since after Harry called them, but hadn’t had the chance. As he neared their home he felt his anxiety rise. He wanted to talk to them, but at the same time he didn’t. It felt like he was telling everyone he was going to be a father all over again. Anxious anticipation; he hadn’t felt that in awhile.
Sirius seemed to sense his discomfort and started joking around with him. When he did something particularly stupid and got a smile out of his friend he felt relieved. He had started to worry about him.
Even though James had said there was no need to knock the ever-polite Remus felt weird walking into a house without knocking. He opened the door and walked in slowly. He was in a small entrance hall leading to a fairly larger living room with couches and a couple chairs. To his dismay he saw that Lily and James were already sitting, seeming to know he was going to come talk to them.
“Hello,” James said as Remus and Sirius came into the living room, “We were expecting you.”
Remus gave him a lopsided smile as Sirius flopped down in a chair and he sat himself, “You always seem to know when I’m coming.”
“Well, that’s because we do. Know you’re coming that is.”
“Yes, it seems so, but why?” Remus asked, his curiosity getting the best of him for the moment.
James looked surprised for a moment and said, “Haven’t we told you already? We’re a pair of the Keepers of this Death Time Zone.”
“Keepers? Death Time Zone?” Remus asked, becoming more confused by the minute. His earlier reason for coming was now forcefully pushed to the back of his mind.
Sirius raised an eyebrow. “So we really haven’t told you?” when Remus shook his head no he sighed. “Well, it seems we’ve failed in our duty to keep you well informed,” he paused a moment thinking. “Lily, why don’t you explain to him? I’m no good at this sort of thing.”
She rolled her eyes but complied anyway, “The Keepers take care of happenings in this zone of Death. We welcome people, make places to stay, and re-unite them with dead friends and relatives,” she paused helping Remus absorb this information. “Death Time Zones are the boundaries that divide places and times of death from each other. For example this Time Zone is set from 2 years before you died to 8 years in the future. The boundaries of place accepted here is a 100 mile radius from Hogwarts.”
There was more silence as Remus absorbed this information in full. After a few minutes Remus finally responded. “Well, he said slowly, I guess that makes sense. After all, with all the people who die there should be some sort of order,” he then paused, looking at Sirius, “Wait, if you didn’t die there why are you here?”
Sirius grinned wolfishly. “I was transferred,” he said with a smirk, “Apparently it was too much for my Zone to handle.”
They chuckled at Sirius’ antics. Remus could see how he could be too much for them. The only one who could control a marauder was another marauder.
After they had all stopped laughing their conversation descended into small talk. What had happened since they had ‘left’ and what they had been doing in Dead Land. Remus had already told them of some things that had happened since they died, but he then began to remember what he had come for in the first place. He started to tactfully turn the conversation towards his teaching career at Hogwarts. He was successful.
“Yes, classes were a bit of a handful that year, but it did have some highlights.” Remus paused for a second seeing the perfect opportunity arise, “Did you Sirius tell you that Harry’s patronus is a stag?”
“No,” James said slowly, “He didn’t.” He looked at Sirius who shrugged.
“I wanted the man who taught him the charm to tell you himself,” he gave a mock bow and said, “I just didn’t know we’d be seeing him so soon.”
Remus gave a sheepish smile and said, “Well, I didn’t either, but anyway,” he collected himself, “Since we’re talking about Harry, what did you think about yesterday?”
Lily cleared her throat, “It...it was nice to see him. It had been a couple of years.”
When Sirius and Remus raised their eyebrows she explained, “When Voldemort first returned we discovered him and Harry had brother wands. We quickly gathered the victims of Voldemort and we came out and helped Harry the best we could,” she smiled at their astonishment.
James smiled also, “We had been wanting to talk to you about it, but since you just died and all we weren’t sure if you were really ready for it.”
“Well, I’m still not sure if I’m ready for it, but I want to talk about it. My biggest worry was why Harry wanted to know if death hurt.”
The whole group frowned at that question. Apparently the others had been wondering about that too. Suddenly Sirius looked up from where he had been trying to burn a hole through the carpet with his eyes.
“Wait a minute, didn’t you guys get a death notice that was suddenly recalled for no apparent reason?” Sirius suddenly questioned James.
A look of horror filled his face, “You don’t mean...?”
“You think it might’ve been Harry?” Remus asked, slightly disturbed.
Lily had a pained look on her face, “I’m almost sure of it. I felt something familiar in the preferred arrangement. The notice was recalled before I could get all the way to the name. That either means they decided it wasn’t his time or he died outside our boundaries.”
There was a tense silence. “Is there any way to check?” asked Remus suddenly.
“I’m not sure.” Lily answered, “There’s never been any reason for us to check before.”
“No, there is a way,” Sirius interrupted, “Someone else did it in my old Zone. Apparently you have to know a ghost from your death time in the area and they are the ones that will be able to find the information to you.”
“So, are there any ghosts in this Zone that we might know?” Remus asked anxiously.
“None that I can think of. Here,” James said walking into another room and grabbing a box, “Here are the Death Notices. I think I put all the ghosts in this folder.”
Remus grabbed the folder and sat down. Everyone watched him shuffle through the papers. They became slightly worried as he got to the last few sheets. They were startled when there was a small cry and the sound of papers falling to the floor.
“What is it?” Sirius asked his now ghostly pale friend.
Remus handed over the paper that had so affected him. “Nymphandora Tonks-Lupin. Place of Death: Hogwarts, time: 9:34pm. Wish after death: Become a Hogwarts ghost. Wish approved.”
“Tonks-Lupin?” questioned Lily. “Is that the energetic girl that could change her hair color?”
“Yes.” Remus said, some of the shock wearing off, now replaced by sadness. “We were just married last year. Have a baby too. Teddy Lupin, about a month old.” He said with sad pride.
James smiled sadly, sensing his thoughts. “Don’t worry. I’m sure there will be someone besides cruel muggles to take him in.” he tried to smile.
“Yes, I’m sure his grandmother will take care of him.” Remus took a deep, calming breath. “Well, now that we have an accomodating ghost, what do we do?”
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End chapter 2