Lessons in Etiquette

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Harry Potter, or any of the characters mentioned in this story, unless stated otherwise. Rated for some sexual content, violence and language. Any similarities to real life are purely coincidence and I will not be held responsible! Thanks!

WARNING: WILL CONTAIN SLASH (male on male), and AU-ness!! Ye be warned

Author's Note: heh heh heh…I'm such a jerk for leaving it like that. But I'm glad you all liked the Lily bit. But this chapter is where it gets CRAZY. Muwahaha…here we go. Cheers!

PS. – Gwah… So I read through all my reviews and they make me tingly inside. XD YAY! I'm so glad everyone likes it and I hope I don't lose anyone from this chapter!!

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Sirius shivered as fingers slid teasingly down his chest, awakening his desire. He felt fire coursing through him in place of blood in his veins and he felt hot to the touch. Arching delectably into the touch, he gasped as lips sought his nipple and teeth pulled at it delightfully.

"Mmm…yes. So good," his lover murmured dreamily, pressing closer to him, rubbing erotically up and down over his splendid erection. He made to reach out, but his lover pulled his hands back down, grinning. Sirius grinned back, hands resting up over his head to avoid temptation.

His lover's mouth trailed a steady course down Sirius' stomach, and he thrust forward, his hard-on aching desperately for that sinful mouth to wrap around it and devour it in its wet warmth. "Please," he murmured, feeling his passion burning him up.

He groaned when his lover put a finger in his mouth and pulled it back out, gently sliding it down the ridge on the underside of his rock hard cock. Sirius groaned, and the sound was loud in his ears. His body pulsed with heat in time to his erratic heartbeats and he struggled to breathe. "Mmm, Merlin…"

The voice was silky seductive in its reply. "I should hope not Merlin… You know who I am. Say my name…" A hand gripped the length of his phallus.

"Remus," he breathed.

"Again. Louder." The heavenly friction of Remus' hand over his cock increased.

"Remus!"

His lover slid up his body, amber eyes seeming to glow with the same fire that burned Sirius torturously. His breath was hot in Sirius' ear and it seemed he would spontaneously combust from the now feverish fisting of his member. "Louder," he hissed.

"REMUS!"

Sirius snapped into consciousness with startling, complete speediness. It was as though he had switched a light on in his mind, as there he was. He realized in the next moment that he was sweating, his mouth was dry as parchment, and was currently tangled ferociously in his blanket. "Fuck," he breathed, reaching over for the glass of water he kept on his beside table for occasions such as this. He gulped the liquid, the quenching a relief to his grateful throat and mouth. He set the glass back down and untangled himself, trying to avoid his still raging hard-on.

Once he was untangled he sat back, sipping some more water, and trying to push lingering remnants of his dream aside. His heart was still pounding overly loud in his ears and he felt a trickle of sweat slip down the back of his neck. He threw off his blankets and headed for the shower. He needed to cool down and have a good wank.

By they time he made it in to work, he was exhausted, having been unable to get back to sleep. Every time he had shut his eyes, he had been plagued with thoughts and visions of a temptingly naked Remus poised over him, touching and caressing, kissing and licking… As a result, he had dark circles beneath his eyes and a recurring yawn.

He glanced up, bored, from the front desk, where he had again been placed to his chagrin, as an official-looking man came forward, and put a thick sheaf of parchments on Sirius' desk.

"These need to be signed by a member of this department for clearance on animal seventeen J six."

Sirius pulled the stack toward himself wearily. "Clearance for what?" he asked blandly, flipping through the pages. "And which member needs to sign?"

"That's classified. And they just need to be signed off by someone from your department. I suggest it be you, I've got things that need doing." Sirius sent him and angry look, and hurried jotted his signature at the first designated area. He made to pass the papers back to the man, but he waved them off.

"Keep going. We need it more than once."

Sirius sighed and flipped through, signing at the designated spots and not bothering to look over the documents. He was tired and had a monumental headache from lack of sleep and just wanted his day to be over. He signed the last page and folded the parchments back over and passed it to the man.

"Thanks," the official said. "You've just done the wizarding community a favour."

Sirius smiled thinly. "Really?" he asked dubiously, hoping the man would just leave.

"You bet. I don't care what the bleeding hearts say; some beasts deserve to be locked up for what they are. You have a great day now!" He tapped the stack of processed trees on the desk and moved away, leaving Sirius to stare blankly after him.

Locked up?

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"I really appreciate this Lily," Remus said for the three hundredth time in two days as he cooked her dinner. Lily, who had just gotten in from class, sighed contentedly at the smell of delicious food cooking, and dropped her heavy bag on the floor, slumping into one of her kitchen chairs dejectedly.

"And for the eight billionth time you're welcome Remus," Lily said with a grin. She was exhausted (medical school could do that to a person) and she just wanted to eat and vegetate in front of the telly.

Remus served up the plates and set on in front of Lily, who immediately began mowing down on it as though she'd never tasted real food before and might never live to taste it again. "S have I told you how much I love having you live with me?" she managed to get out through a mouthful of the savory goodness Remus had cooked up. "'Cause I really do. Love it. 'Specially your cooking."

Remus smiled indulgently and looked back at his own plate. His stomach was in knots. The full moon was approaching and if he knew Lily at all, she wouldn't buy one of his flimsy ready-made excuses as to why he had to leave. He toyed absently with a vegetable with his fork. "Lily?" he croaked softly, then cleared his throat and tried again. "Lily?" he asked.

"Hmm?" She looked up at him, smiling lightly, and swallowed a mouthful of food. "What can I do you for?"

"I…" he sighed and shook his head. He didn't have the balls to do it. But then his resolve hardened. Maybe because it was so close to the full moon or because he felt he could entrust Lily with this mother of all deep dark secrets, but he suddenly decided he would tell her, no matter the consequence. "Do you know what a werewolf is?"

Lily's brow furrowed. She wasn't one for hedging around things, and it rather confused her when Remus did it. "Sure," she replied. "They're people who come out at the full moon as wolves, howl, eat people. I've heard of them, but they aren't real. Why do you ask?"

Remus fidgeted and tried not to smile at her rather encompassing summary of his condition. Minus the whole eating people thing, it was pretty much true. And he wished with all his heart they weren't real. He opened his mouth to speak, but the words wouldn't come out of his mouth. You can do this, he told himself. Just fucking say it. She won't hate you. It's Lily…Lily is incapable of hate. Right?

"Remus?" Lily said softly, trying to coax him out of his silence.

"I'mawerewolf!"

Lily blinked once, twice and then put down her fork. "Come again?"

Remus sighed and put his own cutlery down. "You know how I told you I was a wizard?" Lily froze. This was metaphorically shark-filled waters they were treading here… She nodded. "Well," he said sighing, "that's kind of only part of what I am. I'm a werewolf… I was bitten when I was five and that's why I couldn't go to a normal magical school. My mum taught me what little I know, but I could never be accepted into the magical world, so I just…faded into Muggle life I guess." As Remus spoke, he stared fixedly at his plate, not daring to look up, not wanting to see the horrified look on his best friend's face or see the revulsion that would undoubtedly be in her eyes.

The silence was heavy and neither could find words to speak. Finally, unable to stand the tension any more, Remus mumbled, "I'm sorry. I'll go pack my things."

He made to get up and lily finally found her voice. "Why?"

"Huh?"

"Why are you going to pack your things? Fuck me, Remus; you didn't think I would hate you because of that did you? You did!"

"Well, Lily, most people do." Remus finally found the courage to look into her eyes and breathed a deep sigh of relief. He felt light as a feather, seeing nothing but indignant outrage on her face, mixed liberally with a good dose of shock. Which was to be expected considering.

The redhead's mouth quirked to the side. "True I suppose. But, I mean, as long as you're safe, and stuff-"

"I am. I take the necessary precautions."

"Alright. Well roomy, now that that's settled, I say we move onto more interesting conversation topics." Remus smiled, too delighted to argue and began to eat with vigor. "I was wondering when you plan to confront this Sirius fellow."

Remus almost choked on his dinner. "What?" he gasped.

"Sirius. That little…fling or whatever you had. When are you going to confront him? I've seen the way you stare off into space and I know you're thinking about him. Just go apologize for whatever it is you said, and make it up with him. Easy."

Remus gaped. "I can't do that!"

"Why not?" Lily asked airily, waving her fork and sending a green bean flying, landing under the fridge to live in exile. "You know where he lives, don't you?"

"Were you a stalker in some previous life or something?" Remus asked dryly.

Lily giggled. "Probably. But seriously… No pun intended. Just go and say 'I'm sorry I said whatever I said, and I want you to know that I'm still hot for you. Let's shag.' Simple."

Remus snorted. "Right. For one, he'll probably just slam the door in my face. For two, I'm not saying that. And for three, it's not simple."

"C'mon Remus. You deserve this. I'll even go with you. Please?" she pouted. "For me?"

Remus groaned and slumped in his chair. "Why do I get the feeling you're getting some sick pleasure out of this and that you won't shut up if I don't say yes?"

"Because I am and I won't." She smiled brightly and Remus shrugged.

"Fine."

"Excellent! We'll go after dinner!!"

"What? Oh fuck…fine then." Remus shook his head. Lily Evans was too persuasive for her own good…

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"Coming!" James trilled to the door as he dashed by, attempting to throw Sirius' discarded laundry from the living room to his room without moving. Suddenly, though, Sirius Apparated in and James glared at him. "Did you just ring the doorbell to piss me off?"

"No!" James looked as if he heartily doubted this, but when the bell chimed again, he turned to open it, Sirius, however, dove past him, somehow doing a feat of acrobatics and landing on his feet, and pulled open the door ahead of him. James, who stood just behind, smacked him upside the head. "Yes?" he drawled, turning to face whomever might be at the door. But upon seeing who it was, he blanched. "Remus?"

Just then Lily stepped out from behind him. "And guest!" she beamed.

James, who was looking over Sirius' shoulder, felt his jaw drop. "Evans?"

Lily looked at him and her eyes narrowed. "Potter."

Sirius looked confused, as did Remus. "Evans?" Sirius asked, glancing over his shoulder at his best mate as Remus looked questioningly at Lily. "Evans!" he repeated, getting the reference now. "What the-?"

"Are you going to invite us in, or shall we just continue this lovely chat on your doorstep?" Lily asked coolly.

Sirius stepped back, bumping into James, who still stood speechless, and opened the door so the other two could come in. When everyone was finally behind closed doors, Sirius looked at Remus, who was wringing his hands. "So…not that I mind a social call, but…did you have a specific reason for being here?"

Lily arched a red brow and made to say something, but Remus shook his head minimally. "I need to talk to you," he said softly, and then blushed. "If you don't mind that is."

"Course not. Er…let's go and…talk in my room." Remus followed him back, out of sight, leaving James and Lily alone in the living area.

"Look," Remus began as soon as Sirius had closed his bedroom door and they obtained privacy, but Sirius held up his hand.

"I know you need to talk, but I just want to say I realize I was a complete prick, and I'm sorry, and I never should have said those things to you, and…yeah. I'm sorry. Really. Really sorry."

Remus smiled slightly. "Me too. That's why I'm here. I mean, I care about you, and…and well I kind of miss you as crazy as that might sound, and I'm really sorry too. For what I said… I was out of line." Sirius shook his head, his silky locks flying back and forth.

"No, you weren't. I was in the wrong." Remus smirked openly now.

"Don't make me snap on you again." Sirius chuckled, and Remus stuck his hand out to shake, but Sirius merely hugged him. Remus froze slightly, and then hugged back, holding Sirius tight.

"I missed you too," he whispered as they broke apart and Remus smiled shyly, looking up at him through his lashes.

"Really?"

"Uh huh. And I dreamt about you."

"Oh really?" Remus drawled. "And what did this dream entail?"

Sirius blushed hard, remembering the hot dreams that left him achingly hard and unsatisfied. "Well…I could tell you… Or better yet," he murmured, sidling up to Remus, gently pulling him closer, hesitantly, as if unsure of what the reaction might be. "I could show you."

Their mouths met, gentle and soft, tongues dipping forward at the same moment, startling both as they touched intimately and the delved into one another's mouths. Remus tried to restrain himself, but it was damn near impossible so close to the full. Sirius was holding him lightly, gently caressing his back through the fabric of his shirt, and Remus let his hands slide through Sirius' perfect hair, mussing it completely, tilting his head to the other side and trying to refrain from slamming the other man against the wall and fucking him senseless.

Sirius groaned, deep and needy in the back of his throat and Remus let his mouth descend downward over the pale column of the other's neck, kissing and licking and sucking ravenously. "Mmm god…" Sirius breathed. Remus could take it no longer, and walked them backward into the nearest wall, pressing the other man to it, and grinding sensually against him, going back to his mouth and kissing him.

Just as Sirius was running his hands up under Remus' shirt, itching to simply rip it off his lover, there was a resounding slap from the living room, followed immediately by a howl of pain. The two broke apart, panting lightly, and looked at one another. "I fear my best friend may have just hit your best friend," Remus said somberly, rather annoyed that the mood was ruined.

Sirius groaned at the loss of possible hot crazy make-up sex with Remus. "I suppose we should go break it up?" he asked resignedly.

Remus nodded miserably and Sirius pressed his lips to the corner of the lycan's jaw. "To be continued then."

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Lily wrinkled her nose at a t-shirt that was hanging dejectedly off the arm of the couch, and picked it up daintily and tossing it away before she sat primly on the couch, pointedly ignoring James completely.

"So Evans, it's been awhile, eh?" James asked, flopping down beside her casually. Lily glared daggers at him, but he merely grinned and they seemed to bounce off instead of stabbing him repeatedly in the eyes and murdering him how she would have liked.

"You could say that."

"I haven't seen you around… Not working at the Ministry I assume then?" She tried the death glare again, but again it seemed to have no affect whatsoever on James.

"No, I'm not," she quipped, and resumed ignoring him. James' brow furrowed. Even in school, Lily Evans had refuted his attempts to woo her, and it looked as if she was as frigid as ever. He would just have to turn on some of the good ol' Potter charm then!!

"So, what are you doing, then?" he asked politely. Lily grit her teeth and resisted the urge to make up something ridiculous just to see the stupid arrogant smirk she knew he was wearing (he had worn it even in first year) slip off his face. "Hmm, you wouldn't be ignoring me would you?"

"I wouldn't dream of it," she snapped, voice dripping with sarcasm, rolling her eyes dramatically.

"Excellent," James aid, grinning again. "So whatever have you done with yourself since Hogwarts then? I see you're still as sinfully hot as you were back then."

Lily rolled her eyes. "I've been busy."

"Doing what?" James coaxed.

"Do you want a running commentary on every millisecond of my life since Hogwarts Potter? Christ…"

James looked a little taken aback. "I see you still have that temper too. And I just want to know what you've been up to. Why is it so hard to answer?" Lily bit her tongue to keep silent. She really hoped Remus was making up with Sirius, because she really wanted to go home. "C'mon Lils…just answer the question."

Finally, Lily could hold back no longer. "Why don't you just shut up Potter? You want to know what I've been doing?" She cast about wildly for something suitably shocking enough. "I'm a stripper. There. Happy now? I take off my clothes for money." James' eyebrows went up, and Lily felt a stab of satisfaction as his smirk flickered in intensity slightly.

"Really… I see…"

"Does that answer your stupid question? God, even at school you were an insufferable jerk. I see that hasn't changed much."

"I didn't mean to pry," James said softly, looking properly chastised. In fact, Lily hated herself for it, but she actually felt a smidge bad about lying to him and shouting at him. Damn! "So do you enjoy your…er…work, then?"

Lily had to bite her tongue again, only this time to keep from laughing. "Oh it's alright. It pays the bills, you know."

James slouched slightly in his seat. "I never really pegged you as the…well, that sort of girl."

Lily smiled coyly, now enjoying herself immensely. "Most don't. That's the beauty of it… And the johns like it."

"Johns?" James asked, sounding a smidge uncomfortable.

"Yeah. Y'know, the guys who come into the club… Some of them are real sweethearts, actually." She tossed her hair and smiled sweetly.

James nodded, looking a bit uncomfortable, but then his smirk returned full force. "Mind if I ask you something? And feel free to say no…" Lily shrugged, indicating she really didn't care. "How about a lap dance?"

Lily jumped to her feet in indignant outrage. "Excuse me?" she spat.

James, who had until that moment forgotten the hair trigger on her temper and the ferocity with which she could verbally abuse someone, felt his face going pale as the blood rushed downward into his groin. Fuck! He crossed his legs hastily, trying not to stare at her chest as it heaved with emotion, or her eyes as they burned with rage, or her hair, which seemed to grow into actual flame in her anger. She was too damn hot when she was angry. "I just meant…as a…a demonstration of your…er…skills!" he stammered.

Lily's lips disappeared into a harsh, unforgiving line and she slapped James Potter as hard as she could, feeling a satisfying sense of accomplishment. She'd wanted to do that for almost a decade.

"OW!!" James cried, his own hand flying to his now bright red cheek. "What the hell was that for?" he demanded.

"Would you like the reasons alphabetically or chronologically?" Lily snapped back.

Just then, Remus and Sirius came into the room, and hurriedly took in the situation. Remus looked slightly mortified and Sirius burst into laughter. He turned to Remus, still giggling. "I adore your best friend." Lily smiled at him and James looked properly outraged. "Excellent job Evans."

"What do you mean, 'excellent job'? You bastard, you're supposed to be on my side!"

"I'm really sorry," Remus began, but Lily glared him down before he could finish, and he merely shrugged sheepishly. He had no wish to get on Lily's bad side, especially in her current mood.

"You deserved it."

James gaped at Lily. "What!?"

"You heard me. You deserved it."

"Lily-" Remus tried, but James interrupted him.

"How the hell did I deserve that? And what the hell! This is my fucking apartment, you can't just slap me in it!"

"Apparently I have," Lily retorted. She turned to Remus. "Have you made up with Black?" Remus nodded. "Then let's go. If I stay here I'm going to hit that insolent prick again." Remus blushed slightly as he kissed Sirius, and promised to drop by later or sometime the next day and then allowed Lily to drag him out the door.

Sirius rounded on James as soon as they had left. "What the hell man! What did you say to go and get Evans pissed off? I was about to get laid!"

James shuddered slightly. "One, a little too much information Sirius. And all I did was ask for a lap dance!" Sirius looked at him as though he was the dumbest person that the world had ever produced. "She's a stripper!! I thought she wouldn't mind!"

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"So are you going to tell me how you know Sirius and James and how they, being wizards recognized you?" Remus asked, trying to keep up with Lily's furious stride as they hurried back to her flat.

Lily slowed slightly to Remus' relief. "I…I'll tell you when we get home." Remus nodded, not commenting on her rather guilty tone and let it be for then. As soon as they stepped in the door, however, he asked her again. "God, you are persistent aren't you?" she asked, dropping onto the sofa and putting her feet up.

"I am. Now tell me," Remus said, sitting down beside her.

"I… You remember how you told me you were a wizard, and you said how shocked you were at how accepting and understanding I was of all that stuff?" Remus nodded. "Well…that's because I'm a witch. I went to Hogwarts with Potter and Black and they were the worst pair of hellions that anyone had ever met and had no respect for anyone or anything. Except they were the height of cool, so no one stood up to them, and they just hexed the bejesus out of anyone who tried."

The lycanthrope looked at his hands. "And you were planning to tell me this, when?" Despite himself, he felt incredibly hurt by this. He had entrusted every secret he had with Lily, even the fact that he was a bloody werewolf, and she didn't feel she could return the favour?

Lily sighed and Remus managed to look at her again. "I don't know. I'm sorry Remus…really. I am. I just…that was what my life used to be."

Remus looked confused. "So…why are you…why did you go Muggle?" Lily's face darkened and she looked away. "I'm sorry," Remus said hurriedly. "I mean, it must have been something really bad. You…you don't have to tell me if you don't want."

Lily shook her head and blinked back the impending tears. "I want to tell you," she said in a croaky voice, "but…I've never told anyone why I abandoned magic. It hurts too much…" The tears spotted her t-shirt and jeans despite her best efforts and her shoulders shook. Her throat felt raw and constricted with the force of holding back her sobs and she wiped furiously at her eyes. Remus put his arms around her.

"You don't have to tell me until you're ready," he murmured. "But when you are, I'll be here for you, okay?" She nodded silently. "Hey, why still so glum?" he asked, pulling back slightly.

Lily looked up at him with red-rimmed eyes that clashed horribly with the brilliant green of her eyes, made only more brilliant by the tears shining in them. "I feel like such a bitch!" she cried. "You told me you were a werewolf for fuck sakes, and I can't even tell you… Why is it so hard for me to be honest?" she implored, tears streaking her face anew and leaving little salty trails of moisture.

Remus took her face in his hands and sighed miserably. He loathed seeing such a strong and domineering type of woman like Lily cry. It made him feel helpless. "You just aren't ready. I've been a werewolf since I was five. I've come to terms with it. Obviously whatever happened to you, you haven't come to terms with it yet. But you will. And when you have, I'll be here for you, and you can tell me all about it and cry on my shoulder. Okay?" he said softly.

Lily nodded like an obedient child and smiled a watery little smile. "Now I just feel stupid." Remus grinned at her.

"That's because you can't compare to my cunning genius. It's okay, though, a lot of people feel like that." Lily threw the couch cushion at him.

"Turn on the telly," she ordered, and Remus rolled his eyes, but did so. "Ooh! Excellent, I love this show!" Remus stretched and yawned and plopped back down beside her. "So, how did things end up going with Sirius anyway?" she asked absently.

Remus grinned deviously. "Oh, quite well. I apologized and he apologized too."

"So what took you so long then?" Remus was silently smirking and when Lily tore her eyes away from the screen and looked over at him, she shook her head, smiling despite herself. "Never mind, I think I can guess."

"Well let's just say it would have been quite awhile before we came out again if we hadn't heard you beating up James. …Speaking of which, what did you hit him for?"

Lily snorted. "He started pestering me about what happened to me after Hogwarts, and I never did like him and so I decided to shock him and told him I was a stripper."

Remus burst into laughter. "You didn't!"

"I did too! And he looked right shocked, especially when I went into some vague, made-up details. Then the bastard asked for a lap dance, so I hit him." Remus kept giggling.

"You're horrid. But you were right, he definitely deserved it." Lily grinned across at him.

There was a brief silence as they watched the television programme, and then there was a harsh, loud knock at the door. Lily's brows knit as she and Remus both looked up, but Remus patted her knee. "You watch your show, I'll get it."

He got to the door and was just unlocking it when there was another loud, obscene knock, and a loud voice called, "This is the Ministry of Magic, and if you don't open the door, I'm afraid we'll have to open it for you."

Remus unlocked the door hurriedly as Lily, attention diverted from her show to the scene at the door, looked around the corner. The lycan opened the door. "Yes?" he asked politely.

"Are you Remus Lupin, formerly of the Windermere Ranch and Farms and werewolf number seventeen J six?" asked a rather robust, official-looking man.

Remus glanced over at Lily. "Yes," he said slowly. "What's this about?"

"You need to come with us, son," said the man brusquely, shoving a sheaf of parchments into Remus' hands. "We've been cleared to take you into holding for the time being."

Remus looked up from the parchment he had hardly started to read. "What?"

"You need to come with us to a secure, Ministry holding cell until such as time as your status has been reviewed and cleared." He pulled out his wand. "Now am I going to have to make you come along, or will you walk like the human you pretend to be?"

"Excuse me," said Lily rather loudly and with only the pretence of politeness, walking up to the man. "But what right do you have to take Remus?"

"It's all in those forms ma'am. Now if you'll excuse me, we have a schedule to keep. Come along animal seventeen J six."

Remus passed the sheaf of papers to Lily, who skimmed them vaguely before looking back up. "Remus, you don't have to go with them! You have rights!"

"It'll be fine Lily. I'm sure it'll be fine, just…as soon as you can, tomorrow if possible, tell Sirius what's happened, and I'm sure he'll set things right."

Lily watched as the robust man took Remus' arm and led him out the door, tipping his rather ugly hat to Lily, and closing the door behind them.

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Once they were in the hallway, Remus saw that the man hadn't come alone. There were two other, mean-looking burly men waiting for him, and as soon as the man released Remus' arm, they each grasped hold of one hard. "Ouch, could you please not hold me so tightly? It's rather painful," Remus said politely. The robust, ugly-hatted man sneered.

"You think that's painful?" he drew his fist back and slammed it with enough force to knock the wind out of the lycanthrope into Remus' stomach. Remus doubled over in pain, his eyes watering with it, and would have fallen if the other two men hadn't been holding onto him. One of the burly men chuckled grimly. "You haven't seen shit yet then you filth. Bring him," he commanded to the men, and they led Remus down the hallway and out of sight.

Meanwhile, back inside and oblivious to what had just happened, Lily was poring over the parchments. They were in terribly small writing and all jumbled and confused in legalese, and she barely understood what she was reading. What she could make out though, was that Remus had apparently done something to warrant some sort of evaluation, and he would be held somewhere in the Ministry of Magic until his evaluation, and then, assuming he passed, would be let out.

She rubbed her eyes and glared at the piece of paper she held. If she knew anything about the Ministry, they wouldn't let Remus go, even if he did pass their little 'evaluation'. It was a whole bunch of Gestapo crap, and she was going to fight it. They had no right to simple abduct a good person because he happened to be a werewolf.

She stood up and was about to put her shoes and a jacket on to go to Sirius and James' flat to tell them what had happened, when she caught sight of the signature on the bottom of the page. Sirius Black, in a large, looping scrawl. She frowned, and flipped the pages until she came to the next signature. Sirius Black, again, in the same handwriting. She frantically flipped through the entire sheaf and saw Sirius' signature a total of seven times in various spots, and one initial mark. Her heart sank to her toes and she sat, numb, back on the sofa.

Sirius had been behind this. He had signed the documents that made it legal for them to take Remus…

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Author's Note: ooh! Cliffy!! Ahaa, I'm so mean. Anyhooters, tell me what you thought of the chapter (please!)…via reviewing! And I would love to hear any thoughts, ideas or opinions you might have. : D Cheers lovelies!