"Prudence, we have to take his threat seriously. We can't pretend like nothing has happened" Henry begged to his wife's stiff appearance. She hadn't said a word to him since he explained their terrible situation. Her silence was unnatural, the only reaction he'd gotten were angry looks and more uncomfortable silence. She sighed, and looked out of the kitchen window as if they could make her forget Fenrir Graybacks threat. She watched her son walking on the street with his friend Melissa Field. He laughed at something she said and then waved goodbye as they separated. Remus entered their house, yelled a short hi and ran up the stairs to his bedroom. He looked so happy, she thought.
"Prue…" Henrys helpless voice crushed her heart. She turned around, slowly meeting his eyes and burst into tears. Why, why her son? "When is the next full moon?" she sobbed. "We have to hide, we have to… We have to…" her voice cracked.
"Today… Honey, the next full moon is tonight. We can't hide, he will find us. He's a predator, he won't give up. But I've sent after aurors, they will protect us tonight. We are safe. Remus is safe." Henry said with a calm voice and kissed his wife's salty cheeks.
"We can't tell Remus, Henry." Prudence whispered.
"And we won't," Henry said firmly.
Remus noticed his parents strange behavior that evening, his mother was nervous and was constantly looking out of the windows with her wand in her hand. His father was pale and had been very quiet the entire day. Remus couldn't breathe; he hadn't been allowed to leave the house since he got home from school. He wanted to visit Melissa, it was her tenth birthday today.
Melissa Field was a mugglegirl who Remus grown up with, and as the only wizard child in the muggledominated neighborhood, Remus had never had many friends. But Lissa was his best friend, even though she was a muggle, and he was sure that he was her best friend too. When they were younger, she used to defend him when the other children in the neighborhood bullied him. They didn't like him at all. Neither his parents where popular in the neighbourhood, they were considered strange by the neighbours and that resulted that they encouraged their children to stay away from Remus and the Lupin household. Remus's parents worked in the wizard world and couldn't answer the noisy questions of the neighbours asked, when they wondered what occupation they had. What is it with these odd creatures that show up occasionally by the Lupin doors? Who are they, and why are they dressed up like that? Have the Lupins' joined some kind of mystical sect or are they members of a criminal gang? Many where the theories, all where they imaginative, creative and completely unlikely, nobody could even imagine what the Lupins' secret was.
But Lissa didn't care at all that the Lupins' were strange. In fact, she thought that his parents were very pleasant and loved to visit their interesting house.
"Remus, time to go to bed", his father told him when the clock turned nine. Remus obeyed and left the room. When he'd gone, his mother whispered: "Where are the aurors? I haven't seen a single one. Are you sure that they are here?"
"Of course they are, honey. They are patrolling the neighbourhood. Greyback won't stand a chance if he shows up."
Remus couldn't sleep; his head was full of thoughts and questions. Why are mum and dad behaving like this? Have I done something to upset them? He hadn't given Lissa her birthday gift, he hadn't been allowed. She's probably wondering why he hadn't showed up? So Remus made the fatal decision to leave the house without his parents knowing about it.