Hermione looked at him in disbelief. "You can't be seriously considering that!"

"Of course I can! I've had the papers to sign in for awhile now. Ad you will sign them, Hermione. You can keep the house. You contributed more to it than I ever did anyway."

"But Dumbledore…Sirius…the Order!"

"They can all manage with out me," Remus said shortly, "the world can live without another werewolf."

"That's stupid and you know it! No one in the Order cares! I've already told you that I don't care! Just stop the whole angst 'I'm a werewolf and no one can ever care about me because I can hurt them' thing."

"It's the truth! You and Harry are both still under the naïve views of how the Order sees me! The rest of the wizarding community treats me like Ron and Muriel do! Why do you think I can't get a job and I have to live so far away from the rest of society?"

"That has nothing to do with you going to Azkaban! I don't care how the wizarding community treats you! Look how they treat house-elves! And being friends with Harry is already placing me in danger."

"Yes, but you are not married to Harry and nor is he an ugly forty-six year-old, werewolf! We have had this conversation before and we will have it until you are safely away from me! You are not going to win this time, Hermione."

"We'll see. So maybe you don't want to be married to me! But Azkaban? Surely there are better options! If you don't want me than go back to Tonks or find someone else!"

"Hermione, it has nothing to do with you, don't ever say that. You are far better than Tonks could ever be. The point is that I have nothing here for me. All I do is present a danger and a bother. I have no family left, only Sirius remains of my friends, and no one will care what happens to me! So forget it Hermione!"

"I want to read the divorce papers."

Lupin was thrown off guard. "What?"

"I want to read them."

He went and got them for her, looking at her suspiciously. She took them from him and skimmed down to the small print on the bottom. She knew there was no way to talk Remus out of this argument, but she was not going to let him stay in Azkaban for the rest of his life.

If the divorce proceeding is signed by both parties than the marriage is annulled and the non-human will be sentenced to Azkaban for breaking the law. Once in Azkaban, a marriage proposal can be submitted for that person, but it is up to the head of Control for Dangerous Creature registration, Dolores Umbridge, to decided whether or not to officiate the marriage. The imprisoned party has no choice in the decision and both parties still have to agree in order to officiate the divorce.

Hermione bit her lower lip. This opened many doors for Death Eaters or any other number of awful creatures to claim Remus for who knows what purpose. She pointed this out to him and he shrugged it off claiming that no one would want to marry him anyway. She thought for a few more minutes, and then signed her name down, praying she was not condemning Remus to a life of pain. He quickly signed his name after she did and the paper flew up in sparks.

An hour later, Ministry officials came barging into the house, their wands drawn. Remus simply let them escort him out the door, but Hermione saw silent tears fall down his cheeks as they took his wand from his hand and snapped it.

"She'll be better off without a filthy halfbreed like you anyway!" One of the officials snorted at him, jabbing him in the back with his wand.

"I know." He replied softly and then he disappeared out the door. Hermione stood there weeping and then left to Grimwauld Place.

She tearfully explained to Sirius what had happened, and he immediately contacted Dumbledore and the rest of the Order, minus Harry and Ginny who were undisturbed, still honeymooning. Once they were all seated, Hermione retold the proceedings, and the hesitated.

"I signed it because he really seemed to hate life. He wanted to be imprisoned and I figured that well….I know how to get him out. Legally."

The Order stared at her incredulous. Dumbledore merely gave her a small smile, his eyes twinkling.

"Proceed Ms. Granger."