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"This isn't a happy story." Remus said. I nodded. I hadn't expected it to be. Anna and Harry hadn't been able to come tonight, but I somehow I knew that Remus didn't want them to hear this. Anna still believed that the world was full of good people and every story ended happily. Harry was depressed as it was and Remus' life story didn't need to be added.
"There's a little more to the happy side." He said.
"You can tell that first." Remus nodded and sat down by the window. The full moon was tomorrow, and I knew he was dwelling on it.
"It was a tradition in my family for the older kids to play Truth or Dare..."
"Okay we'll spin the bottle to decide who asks first." Cassidy instructed. Sirius, James, Jenna, Rena, Romulus, Cosette, Jeanette, Cassidy, Marissa, and I were all in a circle. Cassidy spun the bottle. It landed on Marissa.
"Truth or Dare Sirius?" She said grinning.
"Dare."
"I dare you to kiss Cassidy." She said, her grin even wider. Sirius tried to back out, but Marissa kept grinning. Cassidy however looked at all of us curious.
"Am I missing something here?" She asked sending everyone except Sirius into fits of laughter.
"Come on Sirius, a dare is a dare." James said. Glaring at his best friend, Sirius finally kissed Cassidy.
"Truth or Dare James?" Sirius said. James looked around the room. Truth and he didn't know what he'd have to answer, but a dare would be horrible if Sirius was giving it.
"Truth." James said hesitantly. Sirius thought a moment, it seemed he had wanted him to pick dare.
"Why won't you just go ask Lily for a date?" Sirius said. I nodded, good question. James blushed.
"I have, at least once a day. Last time she hit me with her book and the rest of the times she just says no." He said looking down. Cosette looked up interested.
"Who is this Lily girl?" she asked.
"James' little crush." Sirius said. The twins sat on either side of James, each one clinging to his arm.
"We could make you forget her..." Jeanette suggested. Jenna walked over and hit both of them.
"Cut it out you two." She said moving me and Sirius to be between the twins and James.
"My turn." James said trying to end the tense moment.
"Truth or Dare...Jenna." He decided. Without looking up Jenna answered dare.
"I dare you for the rest of the week not to be a Goth." He said grinning. Jenna groaned. Quickly she stood up and went up stairs. Ten minutes later she came down. Her golden blonde hair rested soaking wet on her back. She wore blue jeans, a pink tank top, and white socks.
"I hate pink." She muttered idly. Then she looked around the circle.
"Twins, truth or dare?" she asked. The twins debated a moment the in unison answered dare.
"For the rest of the week you can't act like sluts." She said. The twins also disappeared upstairs. When they came back down they were wearing matching plaid shirts and white blouses. They grabbed two chairs and sat.
"Girls, sit up straight." Cassidy teased.
"Smile." Marissa added. Jeanette and Cosette followed the instructions grumbling as they went.
"Remus, Romulus, we know you always pick dare, so we dare you two to act like sluts for as long as we have to be geeks." Cosette said. My brother and I went upstairs with Jeanette. When we came back down I was disgusted. I didn't even want to think about the clothes she had forced me into. Not to mention the makeup. Romulus was giving me the same look. As we sat down Marissa whistled.
"You guys look hot!" she commented eying us up and down.
"Hey Marissa, you know, it's not considered bad form in pureblood families to marry your cousin." Cassidy said. Marissa hit her on the head, but she still looked as though the idea was an interesting one.
"Then what happened?" I asked. Remus smiled a bit.
"The rest of my years went by without anything really not worthy. Well maybe the time Sirius sent Snape to the Shrieking Shack the night of the full moon. I was devastated. I couldn't believe he had done something like that. I never forgave him until he went to Azkaban. James, Lily, and Peter did eventually."
"Remus, you came here because you couldn't survive the depression. I know it wasn't because of a mate because you wouldn't have lasted this long, but, was it the loss of your pack? If so, how did you survive the years while Sirius was in Azkaban?" I asked. Remus sighed.
"Yes, it was, and the only reason I got through those twelve years was because I went and stayed with Cassidy. As soon as I found out that Sirius had betrayed James and Lily, I ran to America. Cassidy was an Auror there. It was illegal for her to shelter a werewolf but she did it anyway. "
"Then why not go back now?" I asked. Remus shook his head.
"Because I can't. Cassidy died. They found out about me."
Someone was banging loudly on the door. Cassidy, still in her tie-died pajamas, stopped eating her ice cream and headed to the door. I didn't need my keen nose to know she was scared. I inched towards the doorway after her. When she opened the door, two men in official Auror uniform stood there.
"What do you two inexperienced dopes want?" Cassidy asked. I figured she knew these men form work.
"Cassidy Lupin you are under arrest for sheltering and assisting a werewolf." One said.
"I hate to do this Cassidy, you were a great Auror, but you know the law." The other said. Cassidy's eyes closed for a moment before flashing open.
"Get off my property." She hissed. The first one shook his head. Cassidy glared at him then turned her head.
"Run, Remus." She said before turning on the Auror. As I ran I saw the first green light, followed by a second. I stopped to see Cassidy drop to the ground.
"How could they do that?" I demanded.
"She already was facing twenty years, but killing an Auror meant that she would be killed, by his partner or at court." Remus said.
I knew to run but I couldn't. The other Auror found me and handcuffed me with silver cuffs. He dragged me to the ministry where I was placed in a concentration camp. I was thrust a silver cage, where I spent every minute when not being forced to perform hard labor. I knew that vampires where there as well, but they were trained to be hired slaves to guard wizarding homes. The other werewolves were stuck in their own thoughts.
"Remus Lupin?" I looked up to see a familiar face, Albus Dumbledore. His eyes looked at me without pity, but they weren't twinkling either. I looked down, but nodded.
"Get up, you're getting, out of here." He said. Slowly I followed the orders. I still had no idea what was going on, but I was getting out of the silver cage and silver handcuffs weren't be thrust on me so I guessed I was okay for the moment.
"Albus took me to St. Mungo's were they patched me up. I stayed at the Leaky Cauldron, sleeping for the most part. Albus had gotten me out of there so that I could teach at Hogwarts. I had been against it, protesting I could bit someone. However when he told me that Snape had offered to make the Wolfsbane Potion for me I knew I didn't have much of a choice. So I went and I taught. Then Sirius Black came to Hogwarts. He told Harry, Ron, Hermione, and me the truth of happened. Sirius and Peter switched places. Peter betrayed them to Voldemort. Sirius cornered Peter, but Peter faked his own death by transforming after biting off his own finger. He blew up the entire street. Sirius laughed because he thought no one would believe that fake accusations, but they did. Harry and Hermione then used the time turner to save him and a hippogriff named Buckbeak. Sirius escaped and then Snape told the whole school I was a werewolf. I quit and got a place in France. Sirius, even though he mostly lived in the tropics, was always there on the full moons. So I wasn't alone then. After Harry's fourth year we restarted the Order of the Phoenix, an order set up to defeat Voldermort. In Harry's fifth year he started having dreams about the Department of Mysteries. He thought that he held Sirius hostage there. He tried to contact Sirius, but due to a certain house-elf he thought it was true. "
"What did he do?"
"Don't you want to wait for them to come back?"
"Not really." I said.
"He took a group of friends to the Department. It was an ambush. Sirius dueled his cousin and then he fell through the Veil. I checked in after Harry finished school and could stand being by himself. You know the rest yourself." Remus said without any emotion. I nodded, finished up my work and stood.
"I'll leave now." I said. He nodded, barely noticing me. As soon as I left the room I could hear him cry. I dropped to the ground outside his door and cried myself. I had tried to make him feel better, and had only made it worse. I cried for him, for his horrible life. The clock struck two and I stood. Thrusting my papers in a folder I kept for them I checked myself over. Quickly I left the hospital. When I reached my house, I was crying again.
"Isabel, can I talk to you a moment." The head nurse said calling me over. I looked over my shoulder at her. She looked a bit sad. I walked over.
"What is it?" I asked. She looked around a moment.
"Last night Remus Lupin died." I gasped.
"We think that he just couldn't take it anymore. I told you because of this." She reached into her pocket and handed me a letter. I opened it. Scanning it my eyes widened. It was the ending of my book. I covered my mouth.
"His funeral will be held tomorrow, and you have the rest of the day off." The head nurse said walking off. I sat on the nearest bench, still gasping at what I read.
A/N: Okay, that I was longer then I had expected it would be. My camp is finally over! There will be one more chapter, which is the epilogue.
"This isn't a happy story." Remus said. I nodded. I hadn't expected it to be. Anna and Harry hadn't been able to come tonight, but I somehow I knew that Remus didn't want them to hear this. Anna still believed that the world was full of good people and every story ended happily. Harry was depressed as it was and Remus' life story didn't need to be added.
"There's a little more to the happy side." He said.
"You can tell that first." Remus nodded and sat down by the window. The full moon was tomorrow, and I knew he was dwelling on it.
"It was a tradition in my family for the older kids to play Truth or Dare..."
"Okay we'll spin the bottle to decide who asks first." Cassidy instructed. Sirius, James, Jenna, Rena, Romulus, Cosette, Jeanette, Cassidy, Marissa, and I were all in a circle. Cassidy spun the bottle. It landed on Marissa.
"Truth or Dare Sirius?" She said grinning.
"Dare."
"I dare you to kiss Cassidy." She said, her grin even wider. Sirius tried to back out, but Marissa kept grinning. Cassidy however looked at all of us curious.
"Am I missing something here?" She asked sending everyone except Sirius into fits of laughter.
"Come on Sirius, a dare is a dare." James said. Glaring at his best friend, Sirius finally kissed Cassidy.
"Truth or Dare James?" Sirius said. James looked around the room. Truth and he didn't know what he'd have to answer, but a dare would be horrible if Sirius was giving it.
"Truth." James said hesitantly. Sirius thought a moment, it seemed he had wanted him to pick dare.
"Why won't you just go ask Lily for a date?" Sirius said. I nodded, good question. James blushed.
"I have, at least once a day. Last time she hit me with her book and the rest of the times she just says no." He said looking down. Cosette looked up interested.
"Who is this Lily girl?" she asked.
"James' little crush." Sirius said. The twins sat on either side of James, each one clinging to his arm.
"We could make you forget her..." Jeanette suggested. Jenna walked over and hit both of them.
"Cut it out you two." She said moving me and Sirius to be between the twins and James.
"My turn." James said trying to end the tense moment.
"Truth or Dare...Jenna." He decided. Without looking up Jenna answered dare.
"I dare you for the rest of the week not to be a Goth." He said grinning. Jenna groaned. Quickly she stood up and went up stairs. Ten minutes later she came down. Her golden blonde hair rested soaking wet on her back. She wore blue jeans, a pink tank top, and white socks.
"I hate pink." She muttered idly. Then she looked around the circle.
"Twins, truth or dare?" she asked. The twins debated a moment the in unison answered dare.
"For the rest of the week you can't act like sluts." She said. The twins also disappeared upstairs. When they came back down they were wearing matching plaid shirts and white blouses. They grabbed two chairs and sat.
"Girls, sit up straight." Cassidy teased.
"Smile." Marissa added. Jeanette and Cosette followed the instructions grumbling as they went.
"Remus, Romulus, we know you always pick dare, so we dare you two to act like sluts for as long as we have to be geeks." Cosette said. My brother and I went upstairs with Jeanette. When we came back down I was disgusted. I didn't even want to think about the clothes she had forced me into. Not to mention the makeup. Romulus was giving me the same look. As we sat down Marissa whistled.
"You guys look hot!" she commented eying us up and down.
"Hey Marissa, you know, it's not considered bad form in pureblood families to marry your cousin." Cassidy said. Marissa hit her on the head, but she still looked as though the idea was an interesting one.
"Then what happened?" I asked. Remus smiled a bit.
"The rest of my years went by without anything really not worthy. Well maybe the time Sirius sent Snape to the Shrieking Shack the night of the full moon. I was devastated. I couldn't believe he had done something like that. I never forgave him until he went to Azkaban. James, Lily, and Peter did eventually."
"Remus, you came here because you couldn't survive the depression. I know it wasn't because of a mate because you wouldn't have lasted this long, but, was it the loss of your pack? If so, how did you survive the years while Sirius was in Azkaban?" I asked. Remus sighed.
"Yes, it was, and the only reason I got through those twelve years was because I went and stayed with Cassidy. As soon as I found out that Sirius had betrayed James and Lily, I ran to America. Cassidy was an Auror there. It was illegal for her to shelter a werewolf but she did it anyway. "
"Then why not go back now?" I asked. Remus shook his head.
"Because I can't. Cassidy died. They found out about me."
Someone was banging loudly on the door. Cassidy, still in her tie-died pajamas, stopped eating her ice cream and headed to the door. I didn't need my keen nose to know she was scared. I inched towards the doorway after her. When she opened the door, two men in official Auror uniform stood there.
"What do you two inexperienced dopes want?" Cassidy asked. I figured she knew these men form work.
"Cassidy Lupin you are under arrest for sheltering and assisting a werewolf." One said.
"I hate to do this Cassidy, you were a great Auror, but you know the law." The other said. Cassidy's eyes closed for a moment before flashing open.
"Get off my property." She hissed. The first one shook his head. Cassidy glared at him then turned her head.
"Run, Remus." She said before turning on the Auror. As I ran I saw the first green light, followed by a second. I stopped to see Cassidy drop to the ground.
"How could they do that?" I demanded.
"She already was facing twenty years, but killing an Auror meant that she would be killed, by his partner or at court." Remus said.
I knew to run but I couldn't. The other Auror found me and handcuffed me with silver cuffs. He dragged me to the ministry where I was placed in a concentration camp. I was thrust a silver cage, where I spent every minute when not being forced to perform hard labor. I knew that vampires where there as well, but they were trained to be hired slaves to guard wizarding homes. The other werewolves were stuck in their own thoughts.
"Remus Lupin?" I looked up to see a familiar face, Albus Dumbledore. His eyes looked at me without pity, but they weren't twinkling either. I looked down, but nodded.
"Get up, you're getting, out of here." He said. Slowly I followed the orders. I still had no idea what was going on, but I was getting out of the silver cage and silver handcuffs weren't be thrust on me so I guessed I was okay for the moment.
"Albus took me to St. Mungo's were they patched me up. I stayed at the Leaky Cauldron, sleeping for the most part. Albus had gotten me out of there so that I could teach at Hogwarts. I had been against it, protesting I could bit someone. However when he told me that Snape had offered to make the Wolfsbane Potion for me I knew I didn't have much of a choice. So I went and I taught. Then Sirius Black came to Hogwarts. He told Harry, Ron, Hermione, and me the truth of happened. Sirius and Peter switched places. Peter betrayed them to Voldemort. Sirius cornered Peter, but Peter faked his own death by transforming after biting off his own finger. He blew up the entire street. Sirius laughed because he thought no one would believe that fake accusations, but they did. Harry and Hermione then used the time turner to save him and a hippogriff named Buckbeak. Sirius escaped and then Snape told the whole school I was a werewolf. I quit and got a place in France. Sirius, even though he mostly lived in the tropics, was always there on the full moons. So I wasn't alone then. After Harry's fourth year we restarted the Order of the Phoenix, an order set up to defeat Voldermort. In Harry's fifth year he started having dreams about the Department of Mysteries. He thought that he held Sirius hostage there. He tried to contact Sirius, but due to a certain house-elf he thought it was true. "
"What did he do?"
"Don't you want to wait for them to come back?"
"Not really." I said.
"He took a group of friends to the Department. It was an ambush. Sirius dueled his cousin and then he fell through the Veil. I checked in after Harry finished school and could stand being by himself. You know the rest yourself." Remus said without any emotion. I nodded, finished up my work and stood.
"I'll leave now." I said. He nodded, barely noticing me. As soon as I left the room I could hear him cry. I dropped to the ground outside his door and cried myself. I had tried to make him feel better, and had only made it worse. I cried for him, for his horrible life. The clock struck two and I stood. Thrusting my papers in a folder I kept for them I checked myself over. Quickly I left the hospital. When I reached my house, I was crying again.
"Isabel, can I talk to you a moment." The head nurse said calling me over. I looked over my shoulder at her. She looked a bit sad. I walked over.
"What is it?" I asked. She looked around a moment.
"Last night Remus Lupin died." I gasped.
"We think that he just couldn't take it anymore. I told you because of this." She reached into her pocket and handed me a letter. I opened it. Scanning it my eyes widened. It was the ending of my book. I covered my mouth.
"His funeral will be held tomorrow, and you have the rest of the day off." The head nurse said walking off. I sat on the nearest bench, still gasping at what I read.
A/N: Okay, that I was longer then I had expected it would be. My camp is finally over! There will be one more chapter, which is the epilogue.