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Cad and Lily returned to the Evan's home to find two owls waiting for them. One, the usual owl, had Lily's copy of the Daily Prophet. The other, had a letter addressed to Cad. Cad recognized the handwriting and immediately she got a happier. She had to admit that, yes, Remus sounded a bit corny, but she loved her letter all the same. She was brought out of her trance by Lily's voice. "Cad, listen to this." Lily then read the Daily Prophet article that had caught her eye.

A rally will be held today in Hogsmeade. The affair is being held by R.A.W. {Remove Awful Werewolves}. The leader of the movement, which plans to dispose of all werewolves, is Mr. Jack Reilly. He has had small success in Ireland, and is moving to England. His movement, which is gaining support, is trying to make it legal to gather all werewolves. From there each will be judged, and based on how dangerous they appear to be, will either be sent to Azkaban or killed. If you are interested in this noble cause, the rally will take place at noon, in front of The Three Broomsticks.......

"Wow. That's weird. What do you think?" Cad asked curiously. "I don't know what to think. I mean, when we studied werewolves it said they were only dangerous at the full moon." Lily thought out loud. "I know, and Azkaban seems a bit harsh, but death? That's just cruel." Cad answered. "But if they're hurting people..." Lily trailed off. "I just don't know what to think." She concluded.

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"Let's go." Sirius said harshly. He could be immature at times, but he was very serious when it came to his friends. The four quickly left and returned to James' house in silence. No one knew quite what to say and Remus was still shocked. They walked in to see The Daily Prophet sitting on James' bed. James too read the article out loud. "Remus, I-" James started but stopped. "They can't do this." he started again. Remus didn't answer. He just sat on the bed with an emotionless look.

"Dumbledore won't let them take you." Sirius said earnestly. "He knows werewolves aren't, that you're not..." Sirius paused. "We won't let them."

"But they're right." Remus spoke harshly. "At any moment..." "Only at the full moon." James cut him off. "I could hurt anyone of you." None of the boys answered. Remus got up and stormed off. The boys knew he had to be alone. They knew he was scared. They were too. How could they help their friend through this?

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Dear Moony,

Hi! I've been thinking a lot about you too. I can't wait to see you again. I was thinking, maybe we could get the whole gang together the day before school starts? We could probably all meet at my house. Well, anyway, did you see the article about R.A.W. in the Daily Prophet? I'm not really sure what to think of it. I mean, it all seems a bit harsh. I'm sure Dumbledore will say something about it, and it's probably best to stand behind whatever he does. This Reilly guy sounds pretty determined though. Things are changing in the magical world. It's pretty scary, but we all are going to have to weather the storm. At least at Hogwarts we can focus on school and our friends. Well, it's getting late here, so, talk to you soon.

Love,

*Cadence*

Cad sealed her letter and sent it with her owl. It was about midnight. Lily had fallen to sleep quickly bad Cad was having trouble. She kept thinking about the newspaper. She had to admit, even the controversial werewolf issue wasn't as bad as what usually met them in the print. A powerful wizard was starting to gain power. The ministry didn't pay much attention to it, but Dumbledore did. Over the past year there had been more and more mysterious deaths. On several accounts a student had to be ushered aside and told that his parents, or perhaps a sibling, and in one case a whole family, had been found dead. Dark times were upon them, and Cad felt lost. The R.A.W. movement was just another issue that she would be forced to take a side on.

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The weeks flew by without much event. None of the boys mentioned R.A.W. Remus responded to Cad's letter, but was very secretive. He was pulling away from her.

He had to. He could really see himself loving her, and he didn't want to hurt her. James and Lily really had gone in a circle. She hated him, and he was back to trying to win her. Sirius just seemed detached from it all. Peter was his usual oblivious self. Remus knew things were changing, and agreed with Cad, things were getting scary. He was scared.

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"C'mon Lily. You have to come." Cad pleaded with her friend. The whole gang would be meeting at her house the next day, and her best friend was refusing to come. "Cad, I just want to spend my last day with Max. I'm not going to see him until Christmas." "So bring him!" Lily gave Cad a look at this comment, but finally gave in. "If they pull anything they're dead." "Thank you Lily! We're going to have so much fun!" And with that the two girls went back to planning. Blair and Taylor would be arriving that night, with the boys coming in the morning.

The morning came quickly and the boys pulled up in James' new beat up car. Cad rushed out to meet them. She quickly kissed Remus and then warned the others that Max was there. Sirius and James smiled wickedly. "No, guys. This is really important to her." She said directed more at James than Sirius. James nodded and the group proceeded to the house. They spent the rest of the day hanging out. James pretty much ignored Max and Cad could see that Sirius was unwillingly doing the same. They ate a huge dinner, and watched a couple of movies. At about 10 everyone went outside to camp out. Cad lived in a more rural area, and had a lot of property. They made a bonfire, and roasted marshmallows. At about 3 am Cad's parents insisted they go to bed. Max left and the gang settled down. Sirius picked his "relationship" with Taylor up right were they left it on the train. One by one they drifted to sleep. Remus has been a little quiet all day, and Cad had noticed. She laid in his arms and slowly fell asleep. Remus enjoyed being so close to her, and it was only then that he admitted that he couldn't pull away from her. He couldn't leave her like the others.

A/N- I hope you like the turn the story is taking, if I get enough reviews I will post the next chapter fairly soon. Coming Soon : Back to Hogwarts, and a new character! The more reviews I get the sooner I'll update! I have about 12 chapters written that I can't to add!