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From Chaper 6:

The man behind the desk smiled his benefaction upon Luna and directed her to the Gate. As she looked over she saw her mother and a Neville Longbottom grown to magnificent maturity. Behind them stood Harry Potter, garbed as a Warrior of Light, waiting to welcome his friend.

Remus Lupin found himself in a non-descript office in front of a non-descript man.

It had been 5 years since the death of Harry Potter. He remembered the day that Voldemort had taken over and all hope had been lost.

He himself had not subscribed to the guilt of Harry, but was kept away from the trial by Albus Dumbledore. Dumbledore knew that he had been a firm believer in the innocence of his friend's son. When Harry had been found guilty, he assumed that the evidence had been correct and had grieved for the lost innocence and for the darkness that had turned a boy into a killer. Sirius had disagreed, but Lupin's mind had been set. Knowing the dark creature that lurked within himself, he was blinded to the possibility that Harry, in truth, had not succumbed to it.

Well, that theory had been put to rest when Voldemort had announced how Harry had been framed. He had been so lost that he had withdrawn himself to the continent and had lived a life away from the hopeless battles fought in Britain.

He had still enough good left that he had helped to prevent other werewolves from flocking to Britain with the mistaken belief that they would now be welcomed by new leadership. It wasn't much, but he hoped that he had at least prevented them from being used to attack the last remaining resistance to Voldemort.

Remus had been in tracked down and was in a fight for survival against Fenrir Grayback. After the takeover by Voldemort, the savage werewolf had been in charge of rooting out the last remaining members of the Order of the Pheonix. He was the last one left. The other governments did not want to rock the boat with Britain controlled by a dark lord that could not be killed (or so prophesy had stated), and so had done nothing as the expatriated Order members had all died in mysterious or not-so-mysterious ways.

In that last fight, he had managed to kill Grayback, only to be shot in the back by death eaters with a silver arrow hex. He thought the exchange was a good one. No longer would Grayback be free to savage children and turn them into werewolves.

The man behind the desk bade him to enter the door beside his desk. When he had passed the door, he saw he was at the bottom of a great mountain. A sign of stone sat beside the path to the mountain.

"Remus John Lupin: Death Age 40.

Support of Sirius Orion Black: +24

Betrayal of Sirius Orion Black: -20
Support of Harry James Potter: +132
Betrayal of Harry James Potter -2000
Suffering Endured: +1342
Suffering Created: -123
Cursed by Harry James Potter: -200
Blessed by Harry James Potter: +100
Protection of Others: +1243
Other Random Graces: +217
Other Random Disgraces: -142
TALLIES: 3058 Graces 2385 Disgraces

Remus John Lupin REWARD: for a balance in the direction of Grace, and for the need to wash his soul of Evil, Remus John Lupin is sentenced to purgatory until such time as it is deemed his sins are cleansed. At that time, Remus John Lupin may be entered unto the Gate and reside among the Blessed Warriors or the Concecrated Teachers.

OH LET THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WICKED COME TO AN END; BUT ESTABLISH THE JUST: FOR THE RIGHTEOUS GOD TRIETH THE HEARTS AND REINS." (Psalm 7)

When he had finished reading, a man appeared and said his name was Cato.

"Do you willingly come to this place to wash the darkness of your soul clean?"

Lupin hesitated not a moment in the affirmative, and was sent up the path to purification.


A/N: I wanted to show that there was a path that wasn't straight to heaven or hell. Not everyone deserved to be damned. But not everyone fully redeemed themselves. So, in searching for the solution, I once again used Dante. According to Dante, the approach to Purgatory is minded by Cato the Pagan and is a mountain that must be climbed. In no wise am I ascribing to a particular belief, but thought that it worked for the story. Also, although not everyone had a message at the end, I decided that it might be appropriate. So I read over Psalms until I found something that I thought appropriate. Also, if someone is going to be cleansed, I felt that it had to be done with free will. Otherwise, where is the hope for redemption?