Mental-Chapter Six
Two weeks after Tonk's and Lupin's visit to the Burrow and Diagon Alley, the full moon happened and passed without Lupin transforming! Also they had no idea how they were going to get Harry and Hermione released.
The day after the passing of the full moon, Remus and Tonks took a trip to St. Mungo's to find out why he did not become a werewolf after becoming one for the majority of his life.
The Healer assigned to Remus after running every test he could think of even slightly connected to a werewolf in any form was still baffled by the negative results on a known werewolf.
This Healer Smith, is quite the expert on werewolves and is confounded still! The negative results of the tests prompted Healer Smith to floo every prominant werewolf specialist he has ever heard of to get to St. Mungo's Hospital, London as quick as they could.
Healer Smith and the other werewolf experts quickly came to the consensus that they should observe Lupin, at least overnight.
During the day of observation, Healer Niemann of Germany asked "Vas there anyfing uvusual 'ou 'ave take vately?"
"A muggle allergy medicine."
"A vuggle valergy vedicine!"
"Yes."
"Vhich von?" "Which one?" All the Healer's roared.
"Claritin."
"Why did you take it, Mister Lupin?" asked Healer Smith.
"Who gave it to you?" asked Healer Jackson of the United States.
"My allergies were acting up so Tonks gave me the claritin pill and I quit sneezing."
"That is vhe anything vunvusual you haff ingested?" inquired Healer Kozlov of Russia.
"Yes."
"So you think this drug cured you?" asked an African Healer.
"If that's what you brilliant healer's think. Personally, I do not know."
The esteemed Werewolf specialist Healer's gathered in the corner (quite a feat, all twenty of them) and a few minutes later came back to tell Tonks and Lupin the result of there discussion.
"We have decided, Mr. Lupin, that we would like to observe you during the next full moon. We will send you an owl for when to come in."
"Alright, see you all then." And Tonks and Lupin left St. Mungo's, returning to 12 Grimmauld Place.
"Now that we know that the Healer's are lost when it comes to my case, any fresh ideas on releasing Harry and Hermione?"
"Hmm, does she have any relatives besides her deceased parents?"
"I wouldn't know, but that's certainly worth more of a shot then asking the Dursley's."
"That's a definite. I'd never met people who disliked magic as much ever before meeting them."
"Though you have met people whom hated muggles, that's for certain!"
"Or anyone different then themselves."
The next day, Tonks and Lupin paid a visit to her work and Kingsley Shacklebolt, as well as one to Arthur Weasley in his department. During there visits Tonks and Lupin put the word out on a finding out about whether or not Hermione has any remaining relatives.
That evening Remus asked: "Tonks, is there any way we could charge into that mental instutution, take Harry and Hermione and obliviate the staff and residents?"
"I wish you had thought of that earlier, but without ministry approaval and the amount of time they have been residents there... That course of action is now impossible. Bloody Merlin I wish is weren't!"