Chapter 21

"I don't get it. Why on earth would the Death Eaters want to capture Remus and Michelle?" Sierra Lupin asked in distress. She, her husband, Michelle's mother and grandparents, along with all of Remus and Michelle's friends, were currently at Hogwarts in the Headmaster's office. Dumbledore had brought them all there after the attack. Fortunately, no one had been killed before the Aurors got there to fight off the Death Eaters. It seemed that the entire purpose of the attack was to capture Remus and Michelle.

"Mrs. Lupin, it seems that Voldemort wants both Miss Cooke and Miss Evans here," he began, indicating Lily. "It is my belief that he wants them because of a prophecy made centuries ago regarding two witches and a dark lord. I have already gone over the details with the children, so I'll tell you more about that later. As for why he wanted to capture Remus, well, that should be fairly obvious." Dumbledore paused a moment, as if waiting for someone else to guess the reason for Remus' capture.

It was James who spoke up first. "Sir, is it possible that he wants Remus because he's a werewolf? I mean, wouldn't having a werewolf on Voldemort's side be an asset to him?"

Dumbledore nodded. "Exactly. The fact that Voldemort will see Remus as a dark creature is in fact the most likely reason for his capture. Voldemort will more than likely want to use Remus either to help recruit others like himself, or to turn other people into werewolves should they attempt to defy him. He may even try to use Remus to kill those who oppose him. In fact, I believe Remus' ability to kill others while in his werewolf form is the most likely reason why Voldemort in particular chose him, and not any other werewolf. That, and the fact that Remus is exceptionally talented in Defense Against the Dark Arts makes his assistance quite desirable to Voldemort."

"But sir," Sirius spoke up, looking agitated. "Remus would never help Voldemort! Anyone who knows Moony knows that he wouldn't hurt a fly. He'd rather die than become the slave of that monster!"

"That may very well be true, Mr. Black. However, I do not believe that Voldemort will give your friend Mr. Lupin much of a choice," Dumbledore said. "Unless we can rescue Remus and Miss Cooke, it is very likely that Voldemort will attempt to use Remus' so called power against them soon. Tonight, in fact."

"I don't understand," Julia, Michelle's mother, said. She looked on the verge of tears, her normally immaculate light brown hair looking as if she'd spent half the night trying to pull it out. "What do you mean, Voldemort's going to use Remus' lycanthropy against them?"

"Tonight," Dumbledore began with a weary sigh, "is the full moon. I believe that Lord Voldemort is going to try and force Remus to kill Michelle."


"Oh God," Remus groaned in anguish. He couldn't even look at Michelle. "God, this can't be happening." How could he not have realized that tonight was the full moon? He could alwaysfeelthe moon'spull stronger than ever on these nights. How could he not have noticed it?

"Remus, I'm sure everything's going to be alright," Michelle began, trying to comfort him. She tried to put her arm around his shoulders, but Remus jerked away from her.

"How can you say that!" He practically shouted as he stood up and began pacing around the cell. "How can you say that everything's going to be alright? Michelle, don't you realize what they're going to do? Voldemort's going to keep you locked in here with me tonight, while I transform. Unless you became an Animagus without telling me, I'm going to kill you!" Remus shouted in horror and anguish, before collapsing back to the floor.

Michelle moved to sit next to Remus in silence, letting him calm down. "I love you, Michelle, and he's going to make me kill you..." He sobbed. She said nothing, simply putting her arm around her boyfriend, drawing him closer to her.

"Remus," she began soothingly. "Even if that is what happens, you can't blame yourself. It's Voldemort that forcing this to happen. I know you would never intentionally hurt me."

"This wouldn't even be possible if I wasn't agoddamnedwereworlf, and you know it!" Remus exclaimed. He breathed deeply for a few more seconds, trying to calm himself down. He knew he shouldn't be yelling at Michelle, after all, she was only trying to make him feel better. Somehow, however, that only made things worse. Michelle's calmness only made him more angry, not at her, but at their captors. She was the one who was more than likely going to be torn apart that night, but here she was trying to make him feel better.

"Remus, if I don't blame you for this, then you certainly have no reason to blame yourself," she said quietly. "Just promise me one thing."

"Anything," Remus said, finally turning to look into her icy blue eyes. He tried not to think that after tonight, he wouldn't be able to do that again.

"Don't let these sons of bitches get away with this," she whispered. "You've got to find a way to escape, and make sure that everyone knows how evil these guys are. Make sure that Voldemort and his little band of slaves are brought down."

"I will," Remus vowed, before pulling her into a deep kiss.


"I've got a question," Jennifer said, finally speaking up from her seat next to Grace. Dumbledore nodded at her. "What are we going to do to get them back? We can't just let Voldemort destroy our best friends!"

James, Sirius, Peter, Lily, and Grace all nodded in agreement before turning to Professor Dumbledore questioningly. He looked at them all directly before answering the question. "There is a secret organization I have set up that is currently working to fight Voldemort. The members of this group are, even as we speak working to find your friends and free them. I am afraid, Miss Sharpe, that I can not allow any of you to participate in the rescue attempt."

The six of them jumped up angrily at this. "But sir!" Lily shouted, "They're our friends! We can't just stand by and do nothing while they're in danger. You've got to let us help!"

Her friends agreed with her immediately, while the adults all shook their heads. "You're too young," Dumbledore said. "I will not put the lives of more students in danger by allowing you to face the Death Eaters, especially when it is now even more important to keep you in particular safe, Miss Evans."

Patrick Lupin nodded in agreement with this statement. "And I know for certain that neither Remus nor Michelle would want you to put yourselves in danger for them. Not when there are other, more experience witches and wizards looking for them."

This statement seemed to be a dismissal for the teenagers, and they all nodded resignedly before getting up and leaving the room. Once they were in the corridor and out of earshot of the adults, however, they immediately formed a tight group.

"So what are we really going to do about this?" Sirius asked.

"I don't know about you guys," Grace said with determination, "but I don't care what they say. I say we go out and look for them ourselves." Everyone voiced their approval of this idea.

"Right," James began, "Here's what I think we ought to do..."

A/N: Read and review if you like it, and if you don't, well, that's just too bad.