Chapter 3

A Failure and a Politician.

"Well?"

"Oh...my lord...my apologies, I...I didn't know what to do!" I just kept running with it in my hand until they found me, and then I apparated!"

"Nonsense, you have done well, without you aid, I could never have obtained what I needed, Voldemort thanks you."

"No my lord, I am not worthy of your thanks...I am not!"

"What do you mean?

"I obtained the ink...well some of it...well, only a little of it...but I was not able to...t-"

"Say no more Rainew, you have obviously failed me, you shall be punished."

"NO...my lord, I did not..I did not fail you...I acquired the ink, it was just...I had the other part, it just disappeared!"

"Wait, now you say something of interest to me...go on."

"I was running with it in my hands, and also the ink, but they were on my tail, they knew something was up, they're not that stupid Muggles-"

"They are, but please continue with your story."

"Well...yes...and then I went down a alleyway, a Muggle one, and I was trapped!" But I didn't give up, I got my wand out a threw a garbage can at them to buy me some time, but they sort of dodged the first one but the second one got th-"

"Irrelevant information Rainew, get on with the story now!"

"Yes my lord." So, I managed to distract them and was ready to apparate when I noticed...it was gone! Not the ink of course but the-"

"I know what you speak of, proceed with your story."

"Well, by that time the pleasemens had come in what do they call them...carts, lights blaring and everything, so I had to disapparate." But my lord, I was able to get the ink my lo

rd, its is still at your dispos-"

"That will be all Rainew, you will contacted shortly with further instructions on what to do."

"Thank you my lord...yes my lord."

"Well Harry, I assumed that you would be surprised, but please stop goggling at me, I might get offended!" kidded Lupin, as Harry stared at him dumfounded, at the foot of the stairs.

Harry walked over to Lupin and shook his hand, as the others began to file into the room.

"It's not that I can't believe it, it's just...I'm just a little surprised, given your...erm...-"

"State of being?" finished Lupin. Yes Harry, I am fully aware of the fact that I'm a werewolf. Yet that will not stop me from campaigning against Fudge and changing the way the Ministry works, for the better."

"Right," said Fred. And if anyone bothers you, you can threaten to bite them!"

Lupin laughed at this remark, and got up from the chair he was sitting in at the table. He then proceeded to walk over to the window and look outside.

"Well," he started. I've had a lot of thinking to do, and I've decided that the public needs to know, my supporters need to know...that I'm a werewolf."

Mr. Weasley gasped and got up from the table.

"No way Remus, it's suicide!" he stated. Think of all the supporters you'll lose, of all the votes that you won't get. It's wasting all of the work you've done!"

Remus sighed and turned around to face Mr. Weasley.

"Look Arthur, that may be true," he said. But think of the amount of supporters that I'll lose if they public finds out from anyone other than me. It will be a scandal!"

Remus seemed to have bags under his eyes, and even as a politician, he still bore the same ragged clothes that he normally had. Yet there was one thing different about him. He possessed a green ring on his left index finger, with a small inscription, that couldn't be read from how far Harry was.

"What's that on your finger Lupin?" asked Harry, trying hard not to sound too nosy.

Lupin looked and smiled as he saw the ring.

"Oh, the ring you mean?" asked Lupin as Harry nodded. This was a present from a Egyptian Pharaoh, who I visited no too long ago.

Hermione had a look of disbelief on her face, as she stepped up to face Lupin.

"But Professor, there are no more pharaohs in Egypt anymore, how could you of obtained that recently?" she asked curiously.

Remus smiled and looked at Hermione before answering, "As a Muggle and even a witch, that may be what you believe, but it is not necessarily the truth."

"You see," he continued, still smiling at everyone as he took the ring off his finger. The Pharaohs today are not how we know of them many years ago. For Muggles, they are high status business men, who hold power over their countries with their firm grip on the economy. For witches and wizards, they work at Ministries and governments, as leaders and political geniuses for our magical community. Yet, for their own peculiar reasons, they choose to keep their identities confidential. Sometimes this can be good, and other times it can be...terrible."

There was a look on Lupin's face as if he had no intention on letting them know anymore about ths ring or how he obtained it. Then suddenly, his facial expression changed, and he immediately looked happy again.

"Well, that's not the point of my visit, to tell you all old stories from an old man, I came here to see you!" he said beamingly looking at everyone in the room.

Whether by coincidence or on purpose, Percy was definitely not anywhere near the room, or inside of it at all.

"Well Remus, if you want to catch up, why don't you go change and come downstairs for dinner in 15 minutes," said Molly, smiling as she got up and began to prepare a salad while the stove began to heat up.

"Oh no Molly, I want to help, let me do the cooking, you can get a rest for a change!" said Lupin eagerly as he moved towards the stove.

But Mrs. Weasley was poignant, and sent Remus upstairs to Fred and Georges room, accompanied by Harry, again on Mrs. Weasley's orders.

"She's great Molly," said Lupin as he moved up the stairs. But sometimes she just works too hard. She's got to take a break."

Harry didn't know what to say at this comment, not really knowing much about Mrs. Weasley's work ethics, so he smiled and nodded.

Harry was now much closer to Lupin, and could see that his hair was greyer than ever, and pre-mature wrinkles covered his face.

"Harry, I know...I know that Sirius's death has affected you...more than most people," he said shakily. But...I knew Sirius better than anybody alive on earth, and I can tell you one thing, Sirius was going to die anyway!

Harry has an expression of shock on his face as Lupin grimly continued.

"Honestly Harry, it was not humanly possible for Sirius to stay alive cooped up in that house forever!" exclaimed Lupin. He wouldn't of been able to do it for the rest of his life. He would of either left the house and gone back to Azkaban, or just deteriorated, his soul and his life. It would have been worse than Azkaban!"

For the first time ever, Harry had to acknowledge, Lupin was right about Sirius., he was absolutely right.

Sirius would have died anyway.