1 fic; Challenge #56
Title: Why should the young be punished for the sins of the father?
Rating/Warnings:g
Characters/Pairing: Remus, Remus/Tonks
Summary: Remus still doesnt understand why he was punished by Greyback when his father offended him. either way, its ruined his life, and the lives of everyone he's ever loved.
Word Count: 450
Author's Notes: song is origin by the remus lupins. MADE OF AWESOME.
Registered purchases?: both!
Sometimes, when he was really angry, or after a particularly bad transformation, Remus would blame his father for everything.
His father had offended Greyback, and he had been bitten as punishment. His friends had died because of his condition. If he hadn’t been a werewolf, they would never have been animagi, and Peter’s betrayal wouldn’t have been possible. (Sirius wouldn’t have gone to Azkaban, James and Lily… who knows?)
And after all, it’s always easier to blame someone else for your problems; even for Remus.
He could still remember that night as if it were yesterday; a young boy walking, holding his fathers hand, dark cobbled streets lit only by the moon, and a hunched, gaunt man, with a hungry look in his eye…
“So step aside, I see your wide eyed boy, and he desires a bite.”
The last words he heard before it all went black.
Even when he closes his eyes now, he can see the wolf ripping out of the man’s clothes and lunging at him. (He sometimes wondered why his father hadn’t jumped in front of him, why nothing stopped it from happening. He sometimes thinks his tale is one twisted with fate, that this was meant to be. But he can’t stand that thought.)Even now it still gives him nightmares. Because, despite anything Fenrir Greyback said, he never desired a bite. (Who desires to be a monster like this?)
Remus knew his father blamed himself for the attack. He had often used that to his advantage when he was young. But that trait seemed to run in the family. (Remus has always been one for self guilt, he can’t stop himself.)
So here he was, wishing his father had never offended Fenrir Greyback. Because then he would never have been bitten. (He wouldn’t be a monster, he wouldn’t be dangerous and poor.) His friends might not all be dead. And he wouldn’t have ruined Dora’s life, and passed his affliction onto their unborn child. Yet, all this was really his fault. The guilt has built up over the years, and now it’s eating at him. (Of course, Remus doesn’t, cant, think that anything good has come from his “furry little problem.” He can’t see the friendships formed, or the love between himself and Dora. He sees nothing except monster, monster.)
And now he’s about to cross the line. He’s about to leave, even though it’s probably one of the stupidest things he could do, and he knows it. (She needs him now, more than ever, and he’s planning to run off and fight evil?)
But after all, why should the young be punished for the sins of the father? Why should he falter now?
PONTS:
450/30=15
+bonuses=25 points for Gryffindor!!!
Gini//Gryffindor
Rating/Warnings:g
Characters/Pairing: Remus, Remus/Tonks
Summary: Remus still doesnt understand why he was punished by Greyback when his father offended him. either way, its ruined his life, and the lives of everyone he's ever loved.
Word Count: 450
Author's Notes: song is origin by the remus lupins. MADE OF AWESOME.
Registered purchases?: both!
Sometimes, when he was really angry, or after a particularly bad transformation, Remus would blame his father for everything.
His father had offended Greyback, and he had been bitten as punishment. His friends had died because of his condition. If he hadn’t been a werewolf, they would never have been animagi, and Peter’s betrayal wouldn’t have been possible. (Sirius wouldn’t have gone to Azkaban, James and Lily… who knows?)
And after all, it’s always easier to blame someone else for your problems; even for Remus.
He could still remember that night as if it were yesterday; a young boy walking, holding his fathers hand, dark cobbled streets lit only by the moon, and a hunched, gaunt man, with a hungry look in his eye…
“So step aside, I see your wide eyed boy, and he desires a bite.”
The last words he heard before it all went black.
Even when he closes his eyes now, he can see the wolf ripping out of the man’s clothes and lunging at him. (He sometimes wondered why his father hadn’t jumped in front of him, why nothing stopped it from happening. He sometimes thinks his tale is one twisted with fate, that this was meant to be. But he can’t stand that thought.)Even now it still gives him nightmares. Because, despite anything Fenrir Greyback said, he never desired a bite. (Who desires to be a monster like this?)
Remus knew his father blamed himself for the attack. He had often used that to his advantage when he was young. But that trait seemed to run in the family. (Remus has always been one for self guilt, he can’t stop himself.)
So here he was, wishing his father had never offended Fenrir Greyback. Because then he would never have been bitten. (He wouldn’t be a monster, he wouldn’t be dangerous and poor.) His friends might not all be dead. And he wouldn’t have ruined Dora’s life, and passed his affliction onto their unborn child. Yet, all this was really his fault. The guilt has built up over the years, and now it’s eating at him. (Of course, Remus doesn’t, cant, think that anything good has come from his “furry little problem.” He can’t see the friendships formed, or the love between himself and Dora. He sees nothing except monster, monster.)
And now he’s about to cross the line. He’s about to leave, even though it’s probably one of the stupidest things he could do, and he knows it. (She needs him now, more than ever, and he’s planning to run off and fight evil?)
But after all, why should the young be punished for the sins of the father? Why should he falter now?
PONTS:
450/30=15
+bonuses=25 points for Gryffindor!!!
Gini//Gryffindor