Chapter 6: Looking In.
Remus stepped out of the fireplace and into the cold, stone, lobby of the ground floor in Azkaban Prison. A tall wizard with long blonde hair, tied back in a loose ponytail approached him. He wore midnight black robes with an Azkaban emblem stitched to the front chest corner. He looked to be somewhere in his mid thirties, whereas Remus was only 21 himself at the time.
"Your name and purpose, sir?" he asked in a scratchy, somewhat rough voice, his wand clasped tightly in his left hand.
"Remus Lupin. I am here to request a visit with the murderer Sirius Black." Remus replied in a curt tone, his hands grasped in front of him.
The tall wizard studied him for a moment, looking him over completely. He silently noted what he wore and the way he carried himself.
"Are you friend or family?" the man asked, looking Remus dead in the eyes.
"Friend if I must classify myself as one or the either, in order to speed this along, so I might see him." Remus said impatiently, his eyes a bit narrowed at the man standing before him.
The man shook his head, still keeping his eyes locked on Remus, watching him intently. Wondering, what business a young fellow would have with such a treacherous man as Sirius Black was.
"You are to give me your wand and any other objects the prisoner may be able to use against you, or himself that could fatally injure or result in the death of a human being." The man stated systematically, holding out his hand.
Remus pulled out his wand and set it in the hand of the wizard, then checked his pockets for anything else. The man then progressed to the station where he was posted, setting Remus's wand in a silver box atop his desk. There was a large steel gate blocking off the hallway that was a bit farther past the wizard's desk. Remus stared at it, wondering if Sirius was kept down that corridor.
The man pulled out his wand and said in a quiet voice, "Alohomora." the gate unlocked, then automatically rotated its way up, leaving it clear for them to enter the hallway. They walked for what seemed like hours on end, when finally they came to the last cell on in the entire corridor.
Remus stared into the dim light of where the man he owed all his pain to resided. There, looking out the window of his cell, un-noticing of the company he had obtained, was the Infamous Sirius Black.
Remus stepped out of the fireplace and into the cold, stone, lobby of the ground floor in Azkaban Prison. A tall wizard with long blonde hair, tied back in a loose ponytail approached him. He wore midnight black robes with an Azkaban emblem stitched to the front chest corner. He looked to be somewhere in his mid thirties, whereas Remus was only 21 himself at the time.
"Your name and purpose, sir?" he asked in a scratchy, somewhat rough voice, his wand clasped tightly in his left hand.
"Remus Lupin. I am here to request a visit with the murderer Sirius Black." Remus replied in a curt tone, his hands grasped in front of him.
The tall wizard studied him for a moment, looking him over completely. He silently noted what he wore and the way he carried himself.
"Are you friend or family?" the man asked, looking Remus dead in the eyes.
"Friend if I must classify myself as one or the either, in order to speed this along, so I might see him." Remus said impatiently, his eyes a bit narrowed at the man standing before him.
The man shook his head, still keeping his eyes locked on Remus, watching him intently. Wondering, what business a young fellow would have with such a treacherous man as Sirius Black was.
"You are to give me your wand and any other objects the prisoner may be able to use against you, or himself that could fatally injure or result in the death of a human being." The man stated systematically, holding out his hand.
Remus pulled out his wand and set it in the hand of the wizard, then checked his pockets for anything else. The man then progressed to the station where he was posted, setting Remus's wand in a silver box atop his desk. There was a large steel gate blocking off the hallway that was a bit farther past the wizard's desk. Remus stared at it, wondering if Sirius was kept down that corridor.
The man pulled out his wand and said in a quiet voice, "Alohomora." the gate unlocked, then automatically rotated its way up, leaving it clear for them to enter the hallway. They walked for what seemed like hours on end, when finally they came to the last cell on in the entire corridor.
Remus stared into the dim light of where the man he owed all his pain to resided. There, looking out the window of his cell, un-noticing of the company he had obtained, was the Infamous Sirius Black.