eclipse ☆ wolfstar au

☆ three ☆

tw: f slur in this chapter

"ARE YOU COMING REMUS?"

Remus sighs at his reflection in the mirror. "I'll be right there, you go on. I'll meet you in the Great Hall," he calls.

"Okay!" Sirius yells back, and Remus hears his footsteps fade in the other direction. After rolling on the floor earlier, some of Remus' already applied foundation have come off - revealing or the slight hint of the jarring scar across the left side of his face.

Remus always remembered to cover up the ones on his arms, back, and on his torso with long sweaters and shirts but sometimes forgot about his face. Since he was old enough and tired of being stared at and whispered about, he bought some of the best scar concealing foundation out there and started wearing it.

His face looks slightly better than before and he tries to smile - and avoid thinking about one of the worst nights of his life.

Remus walks out of the bathroom, fumbling with his stupid concealer as he tries to stuff it in his trousers. It clatters to the floor and as Remus bends down to pick it up, someone else does.

The girl with hair as black as night and almost as curly as Sirius' hair steps forward, giggling.

The sound is more menacing than happy; a slightly taller boy with bleach blonde hair is holding his foundation in his hand and the two are dressed in almost all black and Remus takes a step back.

"Thank you for picking that up for me but may I have it back please?" Remus says.

"I don't think so. You see you boys don't wear makeup here at Hogwarts. Only the queer fags do." the girl sneers.

Remus can feel her words pierce him, almost as if she's throwing a dagger at his heart. "That doesn't have to do with anything-"

Remus is cut off. "We have to teach you a lesson now don't we, Lucius?" the girl says, inching closer as Remus backs into the cold wall.

He waits for the blow as Lucius, the boy, raises his fist. Remus closes his eyes shut and braces himself for the impact. This wasn't the first time this has happened.

"Get away from him!"

Remus sighs in relief. Sirius steps in front of him and folds his arms in front of his chest. Lucius and the other girl smirks. "Well well well, look at what came out of the dog house, Bellatrix. Oh wait, isn't he still in the doghouse with his parents?"

Bellatrix laughs menacingly. "Of course he is. Sirius is just one big disappointment."

Sirius' jaw clenches. Something in Remus sinks when he hears these words from Bellatrix to Sirius. This was all his fault. "Leave Remus alone, Bellatrix. Give it back." Sirius says icily.

Lucius glares at him. "What are you going to do, Black?"

"What do you think, Malfoy? Give it back." Sirius sneers. Bellatrix smiles sickly. "You're not going to do anything, cousin."

Remus' heart sinks. This was one of his cousins? He tries to imagine the rest of his family. Two other boys stop in front of Sirius and Remus. "Get lost, Malfoy. You too, Bellatrix." James and the other boy - Peter - stand in front of them.