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Slowly, he opened his eyes and looked up at his window, it was daylight.

But how long have I been down here?

Water. He was thirsty, as he moved towards the bowl of water a sharp pain shot through his back.

"Ouch!" he yelled, tears began form in his eyes.

Yes, this is a truly painful transformation.

He decided to try and go back to sleep.

"NOOOOOO!" Shouted Lupin.

He sat up and looked around, it was a dream. No, it was a nightmare. Poor Dumbledore, being killed by someone he truly believed had changed.

As he tried to figure out just how long he had been down in the basement. His answer came sooner then he had expected.

"Remus… Lupin" said Tonks, sounding a bit worried. "How long have you been down here?"

"Since the full moon." He said, realizing how hoarse his voice was.

"3 days!" said Tonks, trying not to yell.

Has it been that long? 3 days, really. It couldn't have been that long.

She tried to help him stand, but she was having a hard time. His bones were sore and tired. Tonks gave up and used her wand to conjure up a stretcher for Remus.

Lupin found himself in his bed, as he went to get up, he felt a hand on his shoulder trying to stop him. It was Tonks.

"Lupin, you need to rest before you do anything."

"Tonks, I've been sleeping for 3 days, I think I need food more then anything else."

"Then you wait here. I'll go and find you something to eat." As she said that she turned on her heels heading toward the stairs.

She'll be back soon. There's no food down there.

Just then.

"Remus where's all the food?" questioned Tonks.

"I… I don't have any." He said, praying that Tonks wouldn't question him as to why he didn't.

The Ministry was making it very hard to find a job.

"Right. I guess I'll have to go out and get some. You wait here. Got it?"

"No, I can't ask you to pay for my food. Its not —"

"Your not asking me, I'm telling you. Now sit, good boy, stay!" Commanded Tonks, "now beg."

"Do I look like a dog?" Asked Remus. "Don't answer that!"

Remus smiled to himself, even let out a laugh.

Wow, she's such a great friend. Just a friend, nothing more, besides, I'm too old, I've got no money, and I'm too dangerous.

He had to keep telling himself that Tonks was just a friend, nothing more. He decided that he should go back to bed, besides Tonks would have a fit if he didn't.

He was dreaming about what happened the night of Dumbledore's death, but for some reason, Greyback kept appearing. Then he heard someone calling his name.

"Remus, Remus, shhh. Its me —"

Lupin woke with a jump. It was Tonks.

"Remus, sorry but I had to wake you up. What would you like to eat?"

"Toast… with jam." He said, it came out wrong, he didn't intend for it to sound like a command.

"Here we are, toast with jam." Said Tonks, sounding quite proud.

Lupin took a slice, but ate in silence. Still wondering why Greyback had continued to show up in his dreams. Then it hit him.

"Bill, Bill Weasley. How is he? What happened during the full moon?" said Remus, sounding concerned.

"I… I don't know." Said Tonks, "There haven't been any owls since the full moon."

"Oh," he whispered. "Do you have an owl I could use?"

"Yeah, I'd have to go and get him."

Lupin got right to work on his letter to Arthur Weasley.

"Dear Arthur,

I was wondering what happened to Bill during the full moon. I'm so sorry that this happened to your son. I don't think that he would be a full werewolf because he wasn't attacked by a werewolf during a full moon. He certainly has a unique condition.

Sincerely,

Remus Lupin."

Lupin attached the letter to the owl's leg and told him to take it directly to Arthur Weasley.

Back in the living room, Remus was pacing, hoping the owl had made it safely.

"Remus, stop worrying. The owl has probably made its way to the house and is on its way back with a letter." Said Tonks, trying to reassure Remus. But didn't seem to be working.

"What if the owl got lost or what if the owl never made it to the Weasley's?"

CRASH!

"Tonks! What in heaven's happened?"

"I dropped the bowl on the floor. Reparo! There, all better."

"Are you alright? Did you drop in –"

"I'm fine."

"Good." Said Remus, feeling reassured.

It was almost 10:30pm.

Time for bed, beside, what else am I gonna do? Yeah, sleep sounds good.

Walking up the stairs towards his bedroom, he couldn't help but think about Bill and the owl. Entering his room, he removed his robes and put on an extra long t-shirt. Instead of walking to the bed, he kept walking towards the balcony.

Knock Knock Knock

"Remus, I brought up dinner, you forgot to eat."

"Come in." Lupin said as he walked towards the door.

As Tonks walked towards Lupin, she stopped.

"What is it?" Asked Lupin.

There was no answer, just the movement of her head as she looked down.

Damn!

He was just wearing a long t-shirt.

At least it goes down to my knees.

Walking forwards towards Tonks, who looked completely lost.

"So what did you bring me?"

"Soup."

A one-word answer, I've got to improve this.

"What kind of soup."

"Um… good soup."

"Thanks, I can't wait to have some."

"Right, well I should get going. See you in the morning. Good night."

"Good night." He said.

Well, that went smooth. I'll try the soup.

As he ate the soup, which didn't taste half bad. When he was done helped himself to a roll. Feeling better, he decided to try and sleep.

"Remus!" Yelled Tonks, "Remus wake-up. There's an owl down here for you."

He literally jumped out of bed, threw his robes and dashed down the stairs. Straight into the kitchen.

"The… owl…." He managed to say in-between gasps for air.

"Here's the letter." Said Tonks in a calm voice.

How could she be so calm? Girls.

He carefully opened the letter only to find it was very short.

"Remus,

I'll meet you at your place, around noon today. I'd rather talk about it.

Sincerely,

Arthur Weasley."

It was 9am. He had 4 hours to wait.

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