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Title<\/b>: Final Solutions [Remus]
\nRating\/Warnings<\/b>: PG-13 for character death.
\nSummary<\/b>: Nothing seems to be getting through to Remus now that Sirius is gone again.
\nA\/N<\/b>: God I was depressed after OotP. I was trying to exorcise that when I wrote this. <\/p>\n
Final Solutions<\/b><\/p>\n
\tRemus hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t spoken a word since leaving Harry with the Dursleys. The other members of the Order had tried to talk to him repeatedly, to draw him out, but he would not respond in any way. He simply drifted from place to place in the dark house that he knew had damaged Sirius every bit as much as Azkaban. <\/p>\n
\tBy the fourth day, a fog of silence seemed to follow Remus around, since everyone else stopped talking whenever he entered a room. Remus didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem to mind, or even to notice, and as he drifted out of the kitchen without eating anything as usual, Tonks finally slammed down her mug, sloshing tea onto the table.<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dammit, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s killing himself!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she shouted. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Why won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t anybody do something?!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nothing to do, dear,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Molly sighed, laying a hand on her shoulder, but she pushed it off angrily.<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Somebody\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got to do something,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Tonks snarled, and went after Remus.<\/p>\n
\tShe heard the soft swish of robes out in the corridor and trailed him up the stairs. She spotted Remus shuffling down the hallways as she reached the top of the stairway, but as she sped up to catch him, she kicked the umbrella stand again and got her robes all tangled up in the umbrellas sticking up pointily.<\/p>\n
\tRemus was right in front of Sirius\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 mother\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s portrait when she began screaming.<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153HALF-BREED! HOW DARE YOU DEFILE MY HOUSE!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\tTonks swore softly and tried to shake herself loose quickly, but she was hopelessly snagged. She could do nothing but watch as Remus turned slowly to face the portrait.<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153FILTH! SCUM!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\tRemus studied the portrait like he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d never seen it before as she screamed, just standing in front of it calmly, staring back at it. This seemed to enrage Sirius\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 mother even more.<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153VILE CREATURE! PERVERTING MY SON WITH YOUR UNNATURAL SEXUAL PRACTICES!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\tRemus looked like he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d been slapped and Tonk\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hands flew up to cover her mouth. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d known about Remus and Sirius, it was hard not to live in the same house as them and not know, but to hear Mrs. Black scream at Remus like that, barely days after Sirius\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 death\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Stop,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Remus said weakly, voice brittle from disuse. Tonks didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know whether to cheer or burst into tears, and she remained frozen at the top of the stairs.<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153SODOMITE! HOMOSEXUAL!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Please stop,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Remus pleaded, starting to shake. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Please don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153MY WORTHLESS SON ENDING THE HOUSE OF BLACK IN DISGRACE! WHORE TO A WEREWOLF!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Stop it!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Remus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 voice was getting stronger with each of his pleas, more and more frantic until he finally began shouting almost as continually as the portrait. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153No! STOP IT!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I WISH I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122D NEVER BOURNE THAT WHELP! SIRIUS DESERVED TO BE YOUR WHORE!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153STOP IT!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Remus roared, shaking head to toe with rage and pain. Tears had started to slide down Tonk\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s face, but the look on Remus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 face was so terrible she couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t move.<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153HE DESERVED TO DIE!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\tMoving so fast that Tonks couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even be sure that she had seen it, Remus ripped his wand out from his robes and pointed it at the painting with a suddenly steady hand.<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153AVADA KEDAVRA!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\tA flash of green blinded Tonks, leaving purple spots in its wake. As she rubbed her eyes furiously, she heard the soft clink of Remus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 wand falling to the floor and the harder thump of Remus following it to the ground. She gave a desperate yank and heard her robe tear off the damn umbrellas finally, then she rushed to kneel down by Remus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 side.<\/p>\n
\tRemus was curled tightly in on himself, sobbing as though he would never stop. Tonks pulled him close as best she could and rubbed his back, still crying herself. When Remus finally took a breath, she realized abruptly that the hallway was silent.<\/p>\n
\tA piece of paper brushed her hand. She looked down to see a strip of canvas laying next to her, then up to see the painting peeling off the wall in large pieces and falling silently to the ground.<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going on?!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Molly appeared at the top of the stairs and rushed over to Tonks and Remus. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Is everyone all right? I thought I heard someone cast\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\tMolly cut herself off as she took in Remus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 condition on the floor. Tonks looked from Molly to Remus to the shredding painting, then back to Molly and shrugged helplessly, Remus still convulsing in her arms. Molly finally noticed the remains of the portrait and turned pale.<\/p>\n
\t\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Well, I must admit,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she finally said, voice shaking, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153that was one solution we never tried.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n