IN THE NAME OF LOVE
by The Goblet
Chapter 3
Remus' eyes widened as he comprehended that he would be transforming within a few hours.
With no light but his wand, he hadn't realized that three days had passed since his imprisonment. He had felt the pull of the moon, but he had no way of knowing when he would transform until a few minutes prior to its rise.
"But you will be missed!" he insisted. "Someone will come."
"I will not be missed until morning when Albus returns to Hogwarts." Severus replied calmly.
"Harry and Neville will know that we're still stuck when I'm not back for dinner."
"By which time the bank would be closed, and the moon would have risen," answered Severus. "No one in their right mind would uncage a transformed werewolf."
Remus sat, mortified, in their prison. "How can you be so calm?" he asked quietly, feeling very ill about the entire situation.
"What is to be achieved by panicking?" Severus said, pulling a small piece of parchment and a quill out of his robes. After several moments he began to write.
"Damn you Severus!" Lupin exploded. "I am going to murder you tonight, and you're writing a letter?"
Severus glared at the werewolf. "When you are released, I would appreciate if you handed this to Albus," he said softly. "It is essential that he receives it."
Lupin nodded mutely. He couldn't believe that Severus was so calm; so ready to die. He had just accepted his fate: without protest, without complaint.
Remus watched as Severus completed writing his letter, and pulled out his wand. He cast a spell over the paper, tapping the parchment twice, causing his handwriting to fade into nothingness. He folded it once and handed it over. "You will see that he gets it," the Potions Master stated. It was an order, not a question.
The werewolf nodded, and took the parchment, placing it in the pockets of his robes.
While Severus wrote his letter, he had been thinking. "You know Severus, there is a way that you could surviveĀ "