Moody stood in the living room of the Shrieking Shack, with its windows boarded up and nobody around for a good mile. He didnt know what the translation meant, or why Lana would want it, but with Lana, there was always a selfish motive. She pretends that she does it for Moony, or for Sirius, or Harry, or Lily, or James, but the real reason is that she is scared to be alone. Always has been. All the best intentions, but it all boils down to that one thing : Fear.

A loud crack made Moody jump, and he flung a stunning spell over his shoulder.

"HEY!" Lana said, jumping to the side, the spell grazing her cheek. "Watch were youre pointing that thing!"

The look on Moodys face told Lana that she was in for a lecture.

"Lana, I have the translation. I dont know what it means, or what the significance is to you, and I really dont care." Moody growled, magical eye twirling around is his head.

It was making Lana feel dizzy. She found it hard to take Moody seriously with that thing spinning around.

Both eyes fixed on Lana. "But if you put anyones life in danger, and that includes yours, Lana, because I know you, and at the moment, youre feeling lonely, and I know that youd rather be dead than alone. Youve wanted to be dead for a while now, even when Sirius was alive and here."

Lana stared at him.

"My eye can see Auras. Yours is giving off black."

Lanas face was confused.

"Never mind," Moody continued, shrugging. "And I also know that the worst thing I can do is ask you not to do something, because you'll just do it anyway. But Im asking you, for Harrys sake, for your own sanity - Dont try a ressurection spell. They can turn nasty."

"Uhuh..." Lana said, her face going red under his gaze, her hands trembling...She shook herself all over. "So, you gonna show me the translation or stand there lecturing me all day?"

"CONSTANT VIGILANCE, Lana, I dont want you getting side tracked from the main objective - which is - TAKE VOLDEMORT DOWN - by doing things that are illegal, and have been since anyone can remember."

"The translation." said Lana, holding out her hand.

Moodys magical eye went haywire again, and he placed a small sheet of folded up black paper in her hand. He nodded at her and disapparated.

Lana shoved the paper into her small bag, and looked around the Shack. Echoes hit her, but instead of visions, they were sounds - Remus' howls as he transformed, smashing...Then it stopped. Breathing a sigh of relief, she then screamed as she looked in the mirror and saw Lupin stood behind her.

"Bloody hell, you trying to kill me?" Lana asked, not turning around to face him, just staring into the mirror at him.

"You can do that all on your own," he said quietly.

"Huh?"

"You. And the suicide missions that you seem to like to go on. This hell that you put yourself through. Constantly torturing yourself about things that happened, things that you didnt do or say - "

He was cut off by Lana walking away from him. "Like you care." she said.

"Oh would you stop playing the martyr for one second!" he said, following her as she walked into the hallway.

"SHUT UP!" she screamed, turning to face him. "You have no idea how hard this is, how hard just BEING HERE is, every minute it feels like Im dying, and you arent making things any easier."

Lupin took a step back. "You mean the other morning."

"Yeah, I mean the other morning. Im confused enough, without - " Lana stopped, realising something.

Lupin looked into her brown eyes, and saw a frightened, confused child in them. But also looking back at him was a girl older than her time, feeling, or starting to feel, some kind of emotion that she didnt want to, or wasnt ready for. Damn, I hate being a werewolf, Lupin thought, picking up on peoples emotions...

He suddenly shifted and looked uncomfortable. "Um, Lana...The other night, I, er, er...Went on a date with Tonks."

"What?" Lana said, stepping towards him, wondering why she felt so hurt. Oh, maybe it was cos she SAVED HIS LIFE and it almost cost her hers and while she was injured he was off getting laid!

He felt guilty. She was badly injured, and he was off on a date...Not that he really wanted to, but Tonks had convinced him that what he needed was a night off, some fun...And he had had fun. Just not the kind of fun he had with Lana. He didnt feel anything for Tonks, but still...

"I went on a date with Tonks," he repeated slowly.

"When I was...Unconcious in bed for 2 almost 3 days?" she asked, her hands going to her hips.

Lupin was thinking of what to say. "Well, yeah." Oops. That did not come out as he had planned.

"Well..." Lana swallowed hard, not sure what to say. "At least your honest about it..."

"Yeah, unlike some people who go around other peoples backs." Lupin said, trying to hurt her, yet he immediately regretted it.

"Oh - right. I get it now. No, no, its fine...You just...You just think what the hell you like." Lana said. "This is about the Lucius thing. I get it. You dont know what happened, you dont - You know what - "

Lupin reached out for her but Lana yanked her hand away.

"Stay the hell away from me, dont touch me, dont TOUCH ME!" she screamed, storming past him without another word or glance back.

~*~*~*~*~*~ LANAS OFFICE, THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Lana had snuck into her office at around noon, and it was now 1pm. Someone had obviously told her boss, and her Amelia had given everyone strict instructions to leave Lana alone, bar Harding.

Scattered on Lanas desk and around her office floor were files every known or suspected Death Eater, past or present, dead or alive, Azkaban or free. However, the only persons she was actually looking at was Bellatrix Lestrange.

And she wasnt really looking at that.

The piece of black paper was unfolded, and Lana read the gold writing on it.

(~*From under the pale disc of moon, came that feeling like a shadow like a vision from a past time.*~)

"From under the pale disc of moon, came that feeling like a shadow like a vision from a past time....From under the...." Lana had been repeating the words to herself for a good half an hour, and still they made no sense what so ever. Throwing herself into her work was usually her way to take her mind off whatever she wanted, but this was so bloody hard to figure out that it really wasnt working.

Lupin going out with Tonks had really hurt her, because he had done it when she was injured, because Tonks was really...Well, not the type of girl Lupin usually went for. It was because 2 days after they had slept together, in the spur of the moment, in a moment of loneliness and shared pain, he had gone on a date with some girl he barely knew.

It was driving her nuts - Sirius, Lucius, The Ghost Roads, Harry, Bella, and this bloody riddle...Lana was on total emotional overload.