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Remus Lupin struggled to remain calm. His favorite tye was now ruined. And it was all his Charm's partner's fault. She had enough shame to look guilty for spilling ink on it, but she shrugged it off. She used a quick scourgify to clean the table but when she attempted to do the same to his tye, he waved her hand away.

"It won't work, it's that new everlasting ink from Flourish and Blotts." He took deep breaths to calm himself but he couldn't help but remain angry at her.

"I'll buy you a new one." Remus was surprised to hear her heavily accented voice. Liberty Van Ruse hardly ever spoke. He had known her since first year, but they had never been close. As far as anyone could tell, she was only semi-close with one person, Severus Snape. She brushed a lock of her dark red, almost black, hair behind her shoulder and turned her white eyes to her school book. Yes, white eyes.

Liberty was a Pholinx. An ancient breed of magical beings gifted with the powers of a phoenix. These powers included tears that healed all physical wounds, wisdom beyond their years, and re-birth. She had already lived many lives, but no one knew how many. White eyes were a trait in her family, a trait that was intensely desired. She also had a twin sister, who had died in their sixth year from old age. Liberty was sixteen, her sister when she died two years ago? One hundred and eleven. Liberty had died multiple times from accidents and suicide, while her sister had lived a long, full life with her husband of eighty-six years.

So why wasn't she reborn? That's the catch. Once you find your true love and are bonded to them emotionally and physically, if you die, you don't come back. Most Pholinx found the love of their lives within their first or second lifetimes. Liberty was still looking. After her sister died, Liberty didn't want to speak to anyone. Despite her and her sister's numerous fights, they were closely bonded because they were twins.

Deciding that being angry wasn't going to get him anywhere, Remus ignored her and waited until the end of the lesson to rush back to his dorm and change his tye. When he rushed to his next class, he made it in just before class started. He sat at the nearest table, which just happened to be next to the same person from Charms. Liberty.

Potions class started without any excitement, Slughorn wasn't the greatest of teachers but Remus was relatively good at potions so he didn't have any struggles. Liberty on the other hand, was horrid at potions. She was about to put in the wrong amount of bat ears when the werewolf stopped her, his hand grasping her wrist quickly.

"Wrong amount, we only need two." He whispered to her. She nodded and removed two from the handful and put them into their potion. Thankfully, the potion turned the proper shade of green. Remus sighed from relief and relaxed in his chair. That is until Lucius Malfoy came strutting by and 'accidently' knocked his potion over. It spilled over their table and all over their clothes. Liberty gasped from surprise and hurled herself out of her chair, quickly grabbing Remus and pulling him along too.

"Be careful Mr. Malfoy!" Slughorn shouted. Remus stood in shock as their perfectly brewed potion burned through the wood table. He realized then that it was burning through his and Liberty's clothes as well. His robe was swiftly being dissolved while Liberty shouted when some of the potion got slung onto her arm. "To the Hospital Wing you two!" Slughorn ushered them out the door and they began the long trek.

Remus removed his robe to keep it from getting on his other clothes, but to his horror some of the potion had landed on there as well. They hurried their run until they finally burst into the room. Liberty was immediately placed on a bed and numerous potions and healing spells were put to use on her, while Remus on the other was just pushed behind a curtain and shed his robes to avoid getting the potion on his skin. Unfortunately, he could not avoid it. The potion caused the soft skin of his stomach to sizzle and he gasped in shock. The healer quickly shoved him onto a bed and he soon became overcome with the same treatment as Liberty.

Another potion was shoved down his throat and suddenly, he was plunged into a world of black.

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Two weeks later, Remus was fully healed and completely ready to go out with the other Marauders to Hogsmeade on the weekend. He, Sirius, James, and Peter were on their way to the Three Broomsticks when Liberty approached the group. She grabbed Remus' arm and started dragging him towards an expensive clothing store when he stopped her.

"What are you doing?" He asked, his grey eyes shining curiously. She gave a small smile before answering.

"I promised you a tye." With that said she continued to drag him along, the others following behind. Once inside she shoved him towards a row of tyes that looked more expensive than anything he owned. Remus was flabbergasted.

"These are way too expensive to replace with my old one." He argued, trying to back out of the store. He was once again grabbed and shoved back towards the rack. Sirius laughed at him and started inspecting the tyes.

"Moony, if she's offering, why argue?" More laughs followed this and Remus felt overwhelmed.

"Do not be shy, pick one." He was once again astounded by her heavy accent and briefly wondered where she was from. To satisfy her, he picked the most plain, black tye he could find and told her he'd decided. She nodded her head and took it to the counter, where she paid for it quickly and returned it to him.

"Thank you." He told her, smiling kindly. She shrugged and walked off, leaving him just as baffled as before.

"What was that all about?" Asked James, as they walked out of the store. Remus had his jaw hanging slightly and Sirius tapped the bottom to make him close his mouth.

"Two weeks ago in Charms class she spilled some everlasting ink from Flourish and Blotts on me and promised me a new one."

"Oh." There was silence after that before Remus began to laugh. Soon, it caught on and all of them were laughing at their strange predicament. The rest of the day was spent drinking butterbeers, playing harmless pranks and laughing at James as he unsuccessfully tried to woo Lily Evans.

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It wasn't until three days after the event that Remus and Liberty started talking to eachother more often. They found that they had many similar interests, but drastically different lives. While Remus hadn't had the best, or the most wonderful life, Liberty had been raised in the richest of societies and had always been spoiled. She had everything a person could ever want, except for love.

Over a period a two months, they became close friends, though she continued to remain immensely close to Snape. This didn't bug Remus as much as it annoyed the other Marauders. They were constantly arguing over the fact that she was in Slytherin and hung around with 'Snivellus.' The werewolf didn't care about that though, she was a good person when she wasn't purposefully getting others into trouble. One day, he asked her why she did those things.

"Power." She answered, white eyes watching others pass with boredom. "I can do anything I want to them and I hardly ever get in trouble." She shrugged. Remus had another question.

"Where are you from?" He had always been curious about her accent. It was heavy, thick, and very unusual.

"Transylvania." Liberty answered nonchallantly. Remus was gobsmacked.

"Then why are you taking school here?" She turned her white eyes to him and smirked.

"I had a sneaking suspicion that if I traveled I could perhaps find my true love. I have looked all over my home country, and I have become frustrated. I long to find him and finally settle down, perhaps die for the last time." She looked so hopeless, so exhausted, and ten times her current age. He attempted to cheer things up.

"I think that's the longest sentence I've ever heard you say." He earned a small smile. Silence reigned. "How long have you been looking?" She answered slowly.

"Much longer than any other Pholinx." She sighed.

"Maybe you will find him soon." He suggested. Silence returned.

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Two months later, Remus and Sirius were dating and Liberty found out rather abrubtly. She entered into the Gryffindor common room and headed up to the boys dorm to find Remus. What she found instead was the two boys in bed with eachother, naked.

She immediately backed out of the room and went back to the common room to wait on them. When they came back downstairs, she was wiping tears from her eyes and struggling to look calm.

"Liberty?" Remus said her name softly, unsure of how to approach her. The girl gave him a harsh glance before calming down.

"Yes?" Her voice was quiet and her accent much thicker than normal. The werewolf sat across from her.

"Are you alright?" His voice was hushed still. She frowned.

"I will be eventually." She answered, pulling her hair out of her face. Remus' brows furrowed together.

"Did you come to tell me something?" She nodded her affirmative and he encouraged her.

"It does not matter anymore." She said as she stood up, "I was going to inquire over your relationship status but now I know." She headed towards the door.

"What's wrong Liberty?" He asked before she exited completely. She answered right before she exited.

"I came to tell you that I'm in love with you Remus Lupin, but it does not matter anymore." And then she was gone.

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She effectively avoided Remus and the other Marauders for the remainder of the year. It wasn't until graduation that they spoke again, this time in farewell. Liberty walked up to them after the ceremony, her beautiful hair pulled back in a tight braid, and expensive robes adorning her body.

"Remus, Sirius, James, Peter." She greeted them with a indifference. "I've come to say goodbye." Remus was hurt.

"Goodbye? For how long?" He couldn't help but feel pain at the thought of her leaving. She shrugged.

"As long as it takes for my heart to heal most likely. I'll be traveling abroad, I'll probably end up back in Transylvania." When she admitted this Remus' eyes widened.

"Listen, Liberty.." She cut him off.

"No Remus, it is not your fault, but nothing you say will heal this pain. Only time can." With that she kissed his cheek and gave hugs to the other men. She then turned and headed towards Snape, where she embraced him and told him goodbye as well. Somehow they knew that was the last time they would see her for a long while. At sometime during the conversation James had slipped off. He now returned with Lily at his side and a broad grin on his face.

"Lily said yes to my proposal guys, we'll be getting married!" He nearly shouted from excitement. Lily smiling softly and hugging her future husband.

Remus congratulated them both before returning to his thoughts. Dread filled his heart at the thought of Liberty leaving for so long, but he became confused by this feeling. He was happy with Sirius, they were completely in love and he couldn't imagine being with anyone else, but he was going to miss Liberty. As she walked out of the room, he realized with a sigh that she would be gone for a very long time.

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He didn't see her until a year later during a Death Eater attack on Hogsmeade happened. She was fighting foolishly, getting into the thick of it. Remus and Sirius were seperated and he could only watch and pray his lover took care of himself. Liberty was watching over him though, cursing and hexing the attackers left and right.

However, when a Death Eater sent the killing curse towards Sirius, Remus truly wondered who was going to save his lover now. He was shocked when Liberty jumped right in the way and took the curse. Sirius recovered from the attack and sent a hex towards the attacker. It wasn't until they had defeated the death eaters that Remus got the chance to rush over to his dead friend.

He collapsed at her side and began to cry. He pulled her head into his lap and pushed her hair out of her face. He wondered how he could possibly love both her and Sirius so much. Remus kissed her cold forehead and watched in pain as she slowly faded into nothingness. Her mortal body was gone.

He wondered if it was for forever now.