Author's Note: And we've reached that time during which I have to post a chapter already. Hello again! How was your week?

[Remus Lupin]

Friday, October 3, 1980

Hi Harry, it was lovely to see you again. It's been over a month since I saw you last. It's a shame that I can't visit more often, but I'm sure you'll understand that I'm very busy. It's not just the war, but that's a big part of it. In addition, though, I'm still having a difficult time finding a permanent job. I can't lie to my employers, but no one wants to hire a werewolf. I understand why they are afraid, they have every right to be, but it is still frustrating.

I hope you're well, Harry. I know that I won't get a response, but I thought I should say it anyway, just to be polite. Oh well. Just tell me in seventeen years, when you're reading this.

I feel bad for the muggles, Harry. They have no idea why people are dying. Granted, there is a lot more of them than us, but they have no way to defend themselves, and no way to determine how their casualties have died. They are a major part of this war, and they have no idea.

We magic-folk at least have some chance, some hope. Though I don't know whether knowing who our enemy is helps very much, or whether it just terrifies people more.

I'm sure that, at this point in your Wizarding Journal, you have some questions about the war. And although I'm roughly seventeen years early, I'll attempt to guess what you're wondering, and hopefully clear some stuff up.

For one, you're probably wondering why your parents didn't move out of the country after they graduated. I'm sure that someone must have suggested that to Lily at some point, but she refused. James and Lily aren't people who run away. They felt obligated to help with the war. But it wasn't just that. They both had family they didn't want to leave behind, too. It just wasn't an option for them.

Sirius, on the other hand, I think always felt he had to fight to make up for the rest of his family. His brother, Regulus, died only a year or two ago. Sirius refused to talk about it, but I think he was a Death Eater. But you definitely won't hear about Regulus from Sirius- he's still quite sore about the subject. I think they used to be close.

Me? I didn't really have anywhere else to go. And I wanted to help people, keep Death Eater from killing muggles. And Peter, well he's always followed what James and Sirius do. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but I think that's why he decided not to leave the country, and take his mother with him.

I hope I've been able to help you understand, Harry. I'm sorry I can't write more at the moment. I'll write here again, most assuredly, but I don't know when. But until then, good-bye.

-Remus

Author's Note: I've already asked you guys for character suggestions, so are there any subjects that you want me to write about? Any particular people, or events during the war?