Behind the veil

By Maria Mihaylov

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, Sirius Black, or the rest. Harry Potter and the other characters belong to J.K.Rowling.

A/N: In memory of Sirius Black, also known as Padfoot who will be greatly missed.

Behind the Veil:

Chapter Five: Questions are answered


It was probably over midnight thought Remus Lupin as he woke up. There was a question that was in his mind since he had spoken to Dumbledore. He needed to know what the curse that killed Sirius was. He needed to know how Dumbledore could be sure that Sirius was really dead before he fall trough the veil. He had always known that there was only one curse that could kill. That curse was Avada Kedavra. But as Dumbledore had said, it wasn't Avada Kedavra. Was it some kind of Dark Magic? Was it a curse only the Death Eaters knew? What if Sirius wasn't dead? What if he was waiting for someone to save him? What if.... But then he remembered once again Dumbledore's words

« Once you pass trough the Veil there is no going back. »

So that meant that even if Sirius wasn't dead before he fell, even if he was still alive when he reached the bottom of the Veil, he couldn't come back. He was trapped. But why, then, Dumbledore was so sure that he died by the curse he received? He jumped from his bed, ready to find Dumbledore and ask him this. And suddenly, he remembered. Dumbledore was at Hogwarts. Nobody could Apparate at Hogwarts. There was no way he could talk to Dumbledore. He needed someone who knew Death Eaters well enough to tell what was that curse. He needed someone who was a Death Eater. He needed Severus Snape.
He knew where Severus was and he knew that he was once a Death Eater. He took a quill and a piece of paper and wrote:

«To Severus Snape
The Leaky Caldron
Diagon Alley

Severus, I need your help. I have to see you as soon as possible. I have to ask you something very important. Please answer quickly.
Remus Lupin. »

Then he went downstairs and gave his owl the letter.
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Severus Snape was sitting in his room at the Leaky Cauldron. Harry was in another room, and he was charged to teach him Occlemuncy. They were only staying one night in London and then the following day they were going to take the Hogwarts Express. He had told Dumbledore at least ten times that the boy didn't work nor in potions nor in Occlemuncy.

A little noise woke him up from his thoughts. There was an owl, which he had never seen before, at his window. He opened his window and took the letter which was hanged on the owl's paws. He opened the letter. He recognised the handwriting. It was that stupid werewolf probably crying after his best friend's death. Although, he knew that Remus Lupin has never done anything against him, he hated him.

He hated him for always standing on Potter and Black's side even he knew they were wrong.

He hated him for not protecting him from Potter when he became a prefect.

He hated him for being on that "joke" in the Whomping Willow that nearly killed him. There were a lot of reasons he hated Remus Lupin but he simply couldn't think of more.

He opened the letter.

When he finished reading it, he didn't know what to do.

Should he throw it away or should he keep it?

Should he leave on the table and forget it or answer it?

After all, Lupin had never helped him, so why should he help Remus Lupin, one of the Marauders, one of the Potter's friends.