"Then you should have died… died rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you!"

Sirius Black's words rang in his ears. Remus was thinking about his friend, not for the first time that night. It had been a year ago that he had seen Sirius last. He remembered that night clearer than anything in the last twelve years. It was the night, Remus found out the truth. The truth that haunted him for years, the truth to the event that destroyed the lives of 7 great people. Halloween 1981 had left two people dead, one orphaned, one believed to be a traitor, one in hiding and one alone… He had been the one alone. It had been a long twelve years, he felt like a prisoner… a prisoner of his own mind. He had thought of ending his miserable life many times, but for some reason he always stopped himself, and held on. He wasn't sure why, but now he was glad he had. He had found his brother again, and he was innocent.

Remus was sipping tea and reading a book in front of the fire. He sighed and turned the page. Books were no help tonight, he knew it was the day of the Third Task. He looked at the clock, it was midnight. Remus shook his head, lost in the world of books, the Third Task had passed without his knowing. His thoughts went out to his former student, and he hoped he did well. He needed some happiness in his life. All year, Remus had read the Daily Prophet and read all the attacks on Harry, it made him want to hurt Rita Skeeter. He shook his head, he hoped Harry won, he wouldn't put it past he boy.

There was a knock on his door.

Frowning he got up and grabbed his wand. Who would be knocking at his door at midnight? He lived in the middle of a forest… no one could have found him. He walked to the door, "Who is it?" He asked.

There was no reply. Remus waited. He was listening carefully, it didn't sound like more than one person out there. He heard it, was that a whine? He heard it again and then a scratching on the door. It took him a few seconds to realize who it was. He then whipped open the door to see a huge, black dog on his doorstep. Remus smiled, he stepped aside to let the dog in, and then he looked outside to make sure no one was around. No one was of course, there was advantages to living in the middle of a forest. As a precaution he closed all the curtains and then turned to the black dog and smiled.

"It is good to see you again my brother," Remus grinned wider as the dog transformed into his friend, Sirius. He was not as messy looking as before, but before he could sit down Remus motioned to him to follow him. He led him to the bathroom, "You should have been a cleaner animal. You look like you have been rolling in the mud, which I wouldn't put past you." He left Sirius standing in the bathroom as he went to collect a towel and a clean pair of robes.

"I don't want to see you again until you are clean," Remus told him and shut the door.

While Sirius bathed Remus took up his spot by the fire. A book was in front of him but he couldn't read. The thought of his old friend and brother in his house made him excited. He had noticed that he looked grim as if something bothered him. Remus wondered what it was. He heard the door open and quickly Remus made tea.

Sirius appeared in robes too short for him but they were better than the robes he had been wearing. His hair was still wet and he put a hand through it.

"You look well," Sirius told Remus.

"I try," Remus shrugged. He handed Sirius a cup of tea.

"I've missed you," Sirius said taking the cup of tea.

"I've missed you too," Remus nodded to him.

There was a tense silence. Sirius preoccupied himself by drinking some of his tea. Remus looked away.

"I'm sorry," Sirius blurted out.

"You are forgiven," Remus knew what he was saying sorry for.

"We should have trusted you," Sirius shook his head. "And then I left you alone."

"I lived."

"We are brothers, and we forgot that," Sirius bowed his head.

"Then I'm sorry for ruining your chance at catching Pettigrew last year," Remus spoke.

"No… I should have remembered," Sirius shook his head.

There was more silence. Both men took time to drink their tea.

"Why are you here?" Remus asked. "I'm glad to see you but you look worried."

"Dumbledore sent me, Voldemort is back. He told me to alert the Order," said Sirius.

Remus put down his tea, "Back?"

Sirius told Remus the tale of the Third Task and what happened afterwards. It took awhile and they had two more cups of tea. Remus sat back stunned, "Poor Harry."

"He's shaken up, I didn't want to leave him but Dumbledore made me. I'll write to him soon," Sirius said.

"So what's the plan?" asked Remus.

"Gather everyone, inform them of what's going on," Sirius told him. "We start again, from the beginning."

"It's going to be tougher this time," Remus sighed.

"I know," Sirius leaned back. "We have to keep a careful eye on Harry too."

"He'll be okay," Remus said. "He has to be."

"He got knocked down hard, but he's the son of a Marauder, he'll get back up."

"I should have raised him," Remus sighed.

"No Dumbledore was right, the Dursleys, it's the safest place for him," Sirius didn't want to admit that.

"I could have taken him to the Mansion, its safe."

"Not completely," Sirius muttered remembering when Death Eaters broke in. "Nowhere is really safe while he is alive."

Later that evening they sat around talking. As Sirius started to fall asleep in the chair Remus told him that there was a guestroom that he usually used as a library. Sirius stood up and nodded.

"Sirius." Remus said.

Sirius turned.

"I'm glad you are here," Remus smiled.

"So am I," Sirius nodded. "Back together where we belong."

"Brothers."

"Til Death Do Us Part," Sirius finished.

"Forever." Remus added.

Remus went to bed that night feeling content for the first time in 12 years.

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THE END! I want to thank everyone for reviewing and reading my story. It came out to be a lot longer than I thought it was going to, and I just want to thank everyone for being patient with me, since I abandoned my typing so many times. It was a pleasure to write and I hope you all loved it.

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