A/N: This is the part when you take all the fluffiness (if there was any) and put it on the fire. That's right. Things are going to get a little bit scary, a little bit dark, and there is going to be one hell of a lot of arguments. The rating has now gone up to R. It's too risky NOT changing it. Tell me if you think this is too high, but I have spent hours of my life toiling away on this computer, and I really really really don't want this fic taken off, so here we go.

Warning: Rating has gone up to R, for murder, betrayal, submitting to the Dark Lord (in more ways than one) swearing, and violence. But there will be no hot passionate sex scenes in this ok? It will be implied, but there's no actual action. Sorry to disappoint any sex hunters out there. (Wink)

Disclaimer: blah blah blah don't own it blah blah blah don't want it blah blah blah.

Remus took a deep breath, and knocked at the door.

"Good morning Mr Lupin. You are perhaps wondering why I have called you to Hogwarts this morning, am I correct?" Remus entered, and sat down in front of Dumbledore's desk.

"You are correct, although I suspect this may have something to with my daughter..."

"Indeed, Remus. Do you recall a promise you made, over twenty years ago, in the very dungeons of this school?"

"But of course. Sirius, James, Lily, Peter and I swore an oath to protect Shadow..." His face remained composed, although he longed to kill the treacherous Peter.

"You all swore the oath of protection, vowing to protect an innocent child so pure, it seemed unnatural. I myself witnessed the promise being made. Little did I know that a certain wizard had been alerted of Shadow's existence..." Remus' face went pale.

"N-not V-voldemort?" Dumbledore sighed.

"I am sorry to admit this, but yes. Peter alerted Voldemort, told him everything in detail, and now Voldemort is ready to try to claim her again." Remus gasped, his face contorted in confusion.

"Again?"

"While all five members of the oath stood alone, and unharmed, Shadow could not be harmed, or reached."

"So you mean L-lily a-and James... were k-killed for her?"

"Yes I am afraid so. Wormtail then lured Sirius to that street and blew up those muggles, framing him. Sirius was sent to Azkaban, where he couldn't fulfil his promise. The oath was weakening. Yet there was one thing he did not count on."

"Harry." Remus' voice was cracking, his eyes welling up. Dumbledore nodded.

"Voldemort never realised that because Lily and James were murdered, their oath was past down to their son, who repelled him. The power of Lily and James was passed down to Harry.

"S-so Harry, has to protect Shadow? But his parents... they died because of her!"

"No. Voldemort killed Lily and James because they stood in his way of his ultimate goal. It will be tough on Harry. Very tough. But he must be told. Now Voldemort knows Shadow is back, he will attempt to claim her. We must not let that happen. He knows she does not know of the oath, or its members, and so he will use this against us. She must be told. Sirius and Harry, for Sirius does not know the most of it. But remember something. You three are the only ones left to protect a girl that has almost unnatural purity. You must uphold your promise. You must not fail her." Remus nodded, and left the room, a sense of dread deep in his mind.