It had happened. Dumbledore was dead. Remus ran a hand through his gray streaked hair, sighing. Just a few moments ago he had been in the hospital wing with everyone. He had slipped out unnoticed when Hagrid had come in. Sitting in the far back of the library, his old favorite hiding spot back when he was in school, brooding.

"Damnit!" Remus banged his fist on the table, making an echo all through the deserted place. How could this have happened? He held his head in his hands, trying to even comprehend what had just happened. He was still in utter shock. Dumbledore dead, FAT CHANCE! Well, this was real, and he had to get used to it. Dumbledore was there for him when no one else was. He was a little child who had been bitten by a werewolf, a half-breed, but Dumbledore still took him into school. Plus, to top his day off, Tonks had made a scene about the two of them and Arthur and Molly had AGREED with her. Couldn't they just accept that he was too old for her! Too poor! Too dangerous! He was a bloody werewolf for Merlin's sake!

"Can't she understand!" he cried, running both his hands through his hair, his elbows on the table.

"No, she won't." said a distant voice.

"Hello?" Remus asked into the empty library.

"She loves you Remus." Remus could have sworn he knew this person's voice, but I seemed like he hadn't heard it for at least 16 years.

"Who is this?" Remus asked in a panicked voice. It couldn't be…

"He is right you know Moony." Said another distant voice.

"Sirius?" Remus could feel tears falling.

"Now Moony, I can't believe you didn't recognize Prongsies voice!" This couldn't be happening, he was going insane.

"I am insane, you guys are dead."

"Yea, it doesn't mean we can't talk to you if we want. Oh, and you're still sane."

"Are you serious? Why didn't you talk to me before!" Remus demanded, standing up, knocking back his chair.

"We can only talk to you when someone very close to you have died and left their body," James Potter's voice explained.

"I'm so sorry Moony. I wish I hadn't fallen," Sirius Black's choked up voice said.

"Anyway, Remus, we don't have a lot of time left, the connection is about to break in a minute or so, Nymphadora loves you and always will. Give her a chance. From what we've seen, you love her too."

"Absurd!" Remus muttered.

"Remus Lupin, we saw that kiss! The last time we saw you give one of those was to Elizabeth Sheffer in sixth year after the Yule ball." James's voice said, sounding amused. Remus turned red.

"You saw that?" he asked.

"Damn fine job, if I do say so myself. Anyway, my cousin is perfect for you." Sirius's voice said, sounding even more distant.

"We're complete opposites!" Remus exclaimed.

"Exactly." James's voice said drifting off into a whisper on the last syllable.

"Padfoot? Prongs? Oh, please don't leave me!"

"I am so sorry Remus, just think over what we said." The whisper of Sirius's voice pleaded.

"I'm going to see you soon, I expect."

"No," James's whisper said, "you have much, much longer to live."

And then, they were gone. Remus rushed out of the library, feeling very dazed and confused. He had just spoken to his dead best friends. They had told him that Tonks was right for him. He rushed out of the castle, not caring f anyone saw him. He distantly heard someone call his name, but he didn't really hear it. As soon as he made his way off the grounds and out of the Hogwarts gates, he aperated to his house with a 'POP'.