Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, Prongs

by CPegasus

First there were four, now there's just one left. Remus Lupin, last of the Marauders, reflects on how they left, one by one. not really angst, just sad. post OotP, hopefully that's not a spoiler for anyone here

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, Prongs

Note- this is written from Lupin's POV (hopefully you could have told on your own..) and takes place directly after OotP.

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, Prongs,

Four friendships, true and strong

Noble Gryffindors each one,

How did we go so wrong?

The times we spend at Hogwarts School,

I knew you all so well

But one was never what he seemed,

Could any of us tell?

Another two were strong and true,

Brash, perhaps, but good

So keen to help each other out,

Do anything they could

I was Moony, last one left,

How strange that it should be

When all of this was over with,

The last one there was me.

Not all of us are dead and gone,

But I mourn all the same

For two dead and one who tarnishes

The good Marauder name

First went Wormtail, filthy rat,

Who turned from early on

Though still alive, he's better dead

And from my heart is gone

Dear Prongs fell next, at paw of rat

Defending to the end

A noble stag with life cut short

By one he called a friend

Now Padfoot, too has joined his friend

And left me here alone

I never thought I'd see the day

When all my friends had gone.

Now what of Moony, last one left,

Just what can he do now?

All I can do is sit and cry,

And wonder, simply, how?

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, Prongs

Four Gryffindors of old

Where once I felt your warm embrace,

There now is naught but cold

The best of friends, the worst of foes

It now is all the same

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, Prongs

We have ourselves to blame

We should have seen, we should have known,

Now I just sit and sigh

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, Prongs,

It's time to say goodbye.