✧･ﾟ DORCAS && REMUS
The date was January 15, 2022, and Dorcas Meadowes was in a panic. The last thing she remembered was an owl souring through her open window and a letter dropping into her hands, addressed to her in hurried handwriting that she recognized as Mad Eye Moody's. It was just past sunset, and she had been getting ready for a mission, wishing she were with Marlene, who was visiting her family.
And then she was here, in broad daylight, 41 years in the future. She blinked in the sunlight, shocked and confused, standing on the sidewalk in an town she didn't recognize. She wondered aimlessly, a panic rising in her throat. Where was she? How did she get here? And what did that letter from Moody say? Had her mission been cancelled? Had they suffered another loss, another friend dead? No, no, stop, you can't be thinking like that, she told herself. Right now you need to focus on figuring out where in the world you are.
After passing by numerous strangers who were of absolute no help, she came upon a news stand and grabbed the paper on top. The Sallow Times.
The first thing Dorcas noticed was the date on the paper. January? 2022? No, that can't be right. It's July 1981. What... She sat down on a bench, staring blankly at the paper. She flipped through it, reading headlines mostly, and the occasional article that caught her eye. And then something else caught her eye, a highlighted box on the back page of the paper, listing the employees of the newspaper.
Copyeditor: Remus Lupin
She gasped. Remus was here? And working for the newspaper? It couldn't be a coincidence. His name was far too rare. Her heart pounded. She wasn't alone. Maybe Remus knew what was going on. He'd obviously been here long enough to get a job at the newspaper, so he had to have some kind of idea.
She stood from the bench, enlisting the help of the first stranger to pass by. "Hi, excuse me, could you direct me to the newspaper office?" The stranger pointed the way, and Dorcas thanked them hurriedly before taking off at a run toward where he pointed. Luckily it wasn't far, and the next thing she knew she was pushing open the door to the office, and she walked up to someone who appeared to be a receptionist.
"Hi, my name is Dorcas Meadowes. I'm looking for a Mr. Remus Lupin, he works here, right?"
✧･ﾟ @wickedpotions
