Disclaimer: none of this idea is mine. I simply got an urge to write a short little time (really short little and tiny) ficlet of a kind I haven't done before, and decided on this. I find it kinda depressing, please R/R! I would really appreciate it! Flames welcome!

Remus Lupin rolled out of bed and set his feet down on the carpeted floor of his London apartment. He grabbed the paper, took one look at the front page, and nearly fainted.

His eyes fluttered open. He didn't know how long it had been since he first looked at the paper. A glance at his watch told him about 5 minutes. He got up, and pulled on some muggle clothes. Without even bothering to read the articles explaining what had happened, he took off to find them. It didn't matter which, Sirius or Peter, he needed to be with someone just now.

First checking Sirius' apartment, and finding it empty, he apperated to Peters small, 1 bedroom house that he rented over in the suburban areas. Seeing that he too, wasn't home, he all of a sudden heard a commotion outside. Sure enough, scrawny little peter was shouting at the top of his lungs,

"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO THEM? BETRAY THEM LIKE THIS!?!" Remus knew at once who he was talking about, a jolt of realization came as Remus realized that they had been hiding for less then a week, it seemed so much longer, and Sirius would have been their secret keeper. At once he felt a surge of hatred towards his best friend.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PETER! YOU BETRAYED THEM! YOU KILLED LILY AND JAMES! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Sirius was screaming 10 times louder then Peter ever could, and by now more then 10 muggle were gathering outside their houses to see what was going on. Sirius yanked out his wand, and the second before it happened, he knew what he was going to do. No curse was yelled, no incantation was muttered, yet, a second later before Remus knew what had hit him, the street blew up right in front of his eyes, and there was nothing he could do.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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By the time the smoke had cleared, nobody was in sight. Remus had had enough warning to put up a shield charm, and it was a good thing. Or he would have joined James. As Remus looked around himself, he saw no less then 9 mangled bodies, and there were surely more.

"Why did you do this to me?" Remus said out loud, close to tears, "Why? What have I ever done to you?" He didn't care who heard him. Nothing could make it right again. He had now not only lost Lily and James, he lost Sirius and Peter too.