Regret (the aftermath of the 5th year)
Chapter 2
Lupin walked back down the stairs to the kitchen in the order of the phoenix headquarters. He was just about to have dinner when he could have sworn he heard Harry's voice yelling something upstairs. But his search had found nothing but Sirius' empty room.
"Alright there, Remus?" asked Tonks who was there with him, there was going to be another meeting that night and there were the first to arrive.
"Yes, it's just that.well, I could have sworn I heard Harry's voice coming from upstairs.He sounded so angry."
"Oh, I'm sure it was just your imagination. We're all going mad with worry about him, it was just a matter of time before one of us started hearing voices." She had meant it as a joke, but he didn't laugh considering he was the one hearing the voices. He went over sat across from Tonks at the table.
"How's he doing these days? Harry, I mean." She asked.
"Not good I'm afraid, whenever I talk to him, he seems so distant, like he just doesn't care anymore. His friends told me they'd written to him but he'd never write back. When I asked him if he'd received the letter, he said yes, but he had nothing to say so he didn't write back. I think he's trying to shut everyone out."
"I don't blame him, he's been through so much. Much more that a boy his age should have in such a short time." Tonks looked down at the table and began to shake her head slowly, "So much." She said, and then looked back at Lupin. "Are you going to see him again soon? She asked.
"Yes.tomorrow in fact."
"Where're you taking him?"
"Anywhere he wants to go." That voice still bothered him, where had it come from. "Excuse me will you." He told Tonks, then stood up from the table and headed back to Sirius' room. When he opened the door, he again found nothing but an empty, dark room. There was still a bed and a dresser but the presence that was once there, that was now gone forever, now made the room truly empty.
He walked in, knelt down next to the bed, and looked under it, "Nothing", he said quietly to himself, then stood up and walked over to the dresser. One-by-one he opened each drawer, looking for the possible source of the voice. On the last drawer he found nothing but a few scraps of paper, a mirror, and some old clothes that had belonged to Sirius.
"Maybe I am going mad." He said, then walked out of the room and slowly closed the door behind him.
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Chapter 2
Lupin walked back down the stairs to the kitchen in the order of the phoenix headquarters. He was just about to have dinner when he could have sworn he heard Harry's voice yelling something upstairs. But his search had found nothing but Sirius' empty room.
"Alright there, Remus?" asked Tonks who was there with him, there was going to be another meeting that night and there were the first to arrive.
"Yes, it's just that.well, I could have sworn I heard Harry's voice coming from upstairs.He sounded so angry."
"Oh, I'm sure it was just your imagination. We're all going mad with worry about him, it was just a matter of time before one of us started hearing voices." She had meant it as a joke, but he didn't laugh considering he was the one hearing the voices. He went over sat across from Tonks at the table.
"How's he doing these days? Harry, I mean." She asked.
"Not good I'm afraid, whenever I talk to him, he seems so distant, like he just doesn't care anymore. His friends told me they'd written to him but he'd never write back. When I asked him if he'd received the letter, he said yes, but he had nothing to say so he didn't write back. I think he's trying to shut everyone out."
"I don't blame him, he's been through so much. Much more that a boy his age should have in such a short time." Tonks looked down at the table and began to shake her head slowly, "So much." She said, and then looked back at Lupin. "Are you going to see him again soon? She asked.
"Yes.tomorrow in fact."
"Where're you taking him?"
"Anywhere he wants to go." That voice still bothered him, where had it come from. "Excuse me will you." He told Tonks, then stood up from the table and headed back to Sirius' room. When he opened the door, he again found nothing but an empty, dark room. There was still a bed and a dresser but the presence that was once there, that was now gone forever, now made the room truly empty.
He walked in, knelt down next to the bed, and looked under it, "Nothing", he said quietly to himself, then stood up and walked over to the dresser. One-by-one he opened each drawer, looking for the possible source of the voice. On the last drawer he found nothing but a few scraps of paper, a mirror, and some old clothes that had belonged to Sirius.
"Maybe I am going mad." He said, then walked out of the room and slowly closed the door behind him.
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