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Just like he did after every single one of his transformations, Remus Lupin gained consciousness, feeling like hell.

He tried to love to some degree(perhaps to figure out what exactly that fuzzy object pressed against his chest was...) but failed terribly. His body ached far beyond his own recognition and he decided to simply lay there in his misery for a moment.

But after a while it actually registered to him that something...furry and breathing was lying next to him, passing on heat to his own rapidly freezing body. He forced his eyes open and tried to get them in focus. Once that was done, he shifted so he could look down and see what this mystery fuzz ball was and found, curled up against his chest was...a sleeping black dog.

"Sirius?" he muttered groggily. He was so out of it he could barely even register if this was really happening or not.

The dog opened a single eye and looked up at him. Realizing he was awake, the dog uncurled itself, stretched a bit and stood up. I wagged its tail and gave Remus a pleasant lick on the cheek.

Remus had meant to smile after that, but whether it actually made it to his lips or not, he wasn't too sure. He reached a hand up and softly stroked the dog's fur for a moment before his hand gave out on him.

The dog placed a warm paw on his cheek and gave him another lick, this time on the nose. It looked like it was about to do more when it's ears suddenly flipped in on direction. He listened for a bit before delivering one last lick and bounding off into the thick woods.

And if Remus didn't know any better then he would've found it increasingly odd that before leaving, the dog seemed to have winked at him.

"Remus, dear, is that you?" the voice of Madam Pomfrey filled the air. So that's why Sirius left... "Remus?"

Remus wished he could do something, anything to let her know that he was alright, but he found himself completely immobile at the moment. He felt a warm hand on his shoulder and a warm fuzzy blanket(that reminded him oddly of Sirius) being draped over his shoulders.

"Come, now dear, do you think you can move?" he heard Madam Pomfrey call. Remus growled deeply at the back of his throat in defeat. And as Madam Pomfrey offered him support, he leaned on her and managed to sit upright.

"Do you think you can make it back, dear?" she asked sweetly.

"Yes..." Remus answered grimly.

"Remus dear...there's something you should probably know before returning to the castle..." she said, eyes downcast.

"I've been sacked, haven't I?" Remus groaned "I'm not too surprised after yesterdays incidents..."

"No, dear you haven't been sacked, it's that...Professor Snape slipped out to the Slytherins of your...erm condition....and that you'd been loose in the grounds last night."

Remus frowned deeply and buried his face in his hands. That was another valuable precious thing lost due to his bloody lycanthropy. Of course Dumbledore hadn't sacked him or anything but the owls would start coming in soon and he did not need parents knowing that their children were being taught by a werewolf-especially Slytherin parents.

"Remus, are you alright, dear?" Madam Pomfrey said softly.

"Yes...no..." he whispered

He knew what he had to do.

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Remus had never felt more sadness in the world than when he headed up to Dumbledore's office right after he got to the castle that morning, ans asked to resign. Of course Dumbledore tried to do everything to get him to stay, but his mind was made. He probably couldn't bear knowing how his other students would take the news of his condition. In the end Dumbledore sadly granted him his resignation and now here he was packing up the oh so memory filled office.

He smiled as he placed yet another card into his trunk. As soon as news of his resignation had gotten around, his office was suddenly flooded with cards, howlers, and everything of that sort mostly from Gryffindors, others from Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs, and some even from the Slytherin, asking him to stay, telling him that his being a werewolf didn't bother them one bit. Remus loved their innocence so much and he knew he would miss these children with his life.

He looked up to the Marauder's Map which was spread across his desk and saw a little dot labeled Harry, heading up to his office. He smiled at the thought of seeing Harry one last time. Nevertheless he continued packing and when Harry stepped in soundlessly, he said "Hello, Harry." He turned to face the boy and saw him raising a brow "I saw you coming" Remus said pointing at the map.

"I just saw Hagrid" Harry looked rather pale at the moment "He said you were resigning. It's not true is it?" Remus almost winced at the indirect plea for him to stay.

"I'm afraid it is" Remus sighed as he began to clean out the last of his belongings from his desk.

"Why?" Harry said "The Ministry doesn't think you where helping Sirius do they?"

Remus noted the use of Sirius's first name and decided some bonding must have happened while the wolf was on it's wild rampage.

"No, Professor Dumbledore managed to convince them that I was down there trying to save your lives" Remus sighed "That was the final straw for Severus. I think the loss of the Order of Merlin hit him hard. So-er-he accidentally let slip that I am a werewolf this morning at breakfast.

"You're not leaving because of that!" Harry half yelled.

Remus smiled wryly.

"This time tomorrow, the owls will start arriving from parents...They will not want a werewolf teaching their children and after last night I see their point. I could have bitten any of you, and that must never happen again."

"You're the best defense teacher we've ever had! Don't go!" Harry cried.

Remus felt his heart break at the tone of Harry's voice. It was the same tone he had used last night in the Shack when he felt like everyone was turning on him. It was desperate. To keep his emotions in check Remus continued packing, without a word.

After a while he said "From what I hear about last night, you saved quite a few lives. Harry if I'm proud of anything , then it's how much you've learned this year. So tell me about your patronus."

"How'd you know about that?" Harry asked distractedly.

"Well, who else could have driven back that entire mob of dementors?" Remus smiled. His smile deepened when Harry explained to him all that had happened the night before.

"I'm very proud Harry-here I brought this back from the Shack last night" he said handing Harry his invisibility cloak "And..." he hesitated as he held out the Marauder's Map as well "I am no longer your teacher and feel no guilt whatsoever in returning this to you."

Harry looked at the map and grinned.

"I have a feeling that we will meet again Harry" Remus smiled as he gathered his coat and his walking stick in his hands "But until then" he gazed over at the map "Mischief Managed." The map curled itself up back into a regular piece of parchment. Harry smiled.

"Goodbye Professor" he spoke softly.

"Goodbye Harry, until we meet again" Remus said giving the boy a half-hug, before he looked into those piercing green eyes one last time, and walked out.

And as Remus Lupin stepped out of the castle which he loved so dearly, he felt no regrets. He had met his little Prongslett and even become unconditionally close with him. He'd patched up with his best friend and found out who the real traitor was. So technically speaking all was well...for now at least. Because this wasn't over...

Oh no, this story was far from over.

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There you have it, the last chapter of POA From Another's Eyes. I really hope you gusy enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed writing it. For thosee of you that reviewed and put this on alert, thank you so much, it is very much appreciated =]

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