At First There was Darkness(On Hold)

The Beginning

Remus yawned, and then he stretched. It had been a month since he had gotten to this place.

But they still hadn't explained to him what they do here...

He had asked multiple times, but every time he asked they would say 'You'll see soon enough.'

He got mad when they said that...they know he's blind, so why say that?

He got out of bed and walked over to the closet, he reached out his hand to find the closets handle and pulled it open.

He didn't really know what he grabbed, but that doesn't matter. As long as he has a shirt and some pants he's fine.

He pulled the pants over his boxers and was about to put his shirt on when he heard the door open.

"Hey, Remus!" A girls cheery voice could be heard.

He stood there a second before quickly pulling his shirt on and taking a deep breath.

He smelled something overly sweet.

Astral. He knew exactly who it was after he had smelled that overpowering scent.

He wasn't quite sure what Astral looked like but when he asked around they said she had medium length blue hair and pinkish eyes, and she had an prosthesis leg.(Just in case you don't know what that is, it's a fake limb.)

"What is it Astral?" Remus asked with a hint of annoyance, she never knocked.

"Breakfast is ready! And they made your favorite!" She replied with an overly high pitched voice, she knows when she does that it hurts Remus' ears...probably why she does it so much.

"Really! They made crépes?" Remus asked.

"Yeah! So come before they're all gone!" She grabbed Remus' hand and started to run. Remus had trouble running what with him not being able to see were he puts his feet and not being able to see if he's about to run into a wall.

"Slow down! I'm gonna fall!" Remus screeched.

"To bad! I like crépes too so we have to hurry!" She replied hastily.

While being pulled down the hall he heard a familiar voice. Hope. It had to be...just if he could see whoever had brought him here in the first place...just if.

When they got into the cafeteria Remus could feel that it was extremely crowded. The crépes here were the best...so it wasn't to surprising.

"Come on Remus! Hurry up!" Astral screamed excitedly, Remus didn't like it when it was this loud....it seemed like he could barely hear his own thoughts.

There was a surprising amount of people in this giant building...and all of them had some kind of physical handicap. Well...mostly everybody. Some people had been miraculously cured...and other people just worked here.

"Remus!!! Are you in there? Listen to me!" Astral punched Remus' shoulder to get his attention.

"Hey! What was that for!??!" Remus whined.

"You need to pay attention! Someone almost skipped us because of you!" Astral screeched.

"Ok, ok! Just stop screaming. It hurts my ears!" Remus replied.

They waited in line for at least ten minutes before getting to the front.

"Ugh that took forever!" Astral whined.

"Yeah." Remus replied.

Astral grabbed his shoulder and pushed him towards an empty table.

"You know I could find it myself if you would just tell me were it is." Remus complained.

"But were's the fun in that?" She laughed.

They sat at a small table and started to eat.

"Mm..." Remus mumbled.

"Mmhm..." Astral replied.

They didn't need words for how delicious this food was.

"Sho...hmow do wo think dey make iv sho good?" Astral asked, her mouth still stuffed with food. Her words were distorted.

"What? Finish chewing then tell me." Remus told her, a smile on his face.

Astral swallowed and started to speak,

"How do you think they make it so good?" She asked laughter clouding her eyes.

"I have no idea." Remus replied.

They sat there in silence for a minute. Then light footsteps approached them.

"Is it ok if I sit here?"

Remus turned his head toward the voice. It gave no hint to whether this peson was male or female.

"Sure!" Astral replied to the person with a cheery voice.

"Thank you! It's so crowded in here!" The person sounded like 'it' was smiling.

"Tell me about it." Astral replied.

"By the way I'm Ryley."

The name gave no hints to this person's gender either.

"I'm Astral!" Astral replied.

"Nice to meet you Astral."

"You too!" Astral replied.

"And....who are you?" Ryley asked.

"Who me?" Remus asked.

"Of course! Who else would I be asking?"

"I don't know...but anyway I'm Remus."

"Nice to meet you Remus!" Ryley replied.

"Yeah." Remus went back to his food while Astral and Ryley spoke with each other.

Remus couldn't wait until he could get out of this overcrowded cafeteria.