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OO8. 𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒

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"OH REMUS, CONGRATULATIONS!" Rosmerta said smiling, then she saw the look on his face, "Wait... what's wrong? Is it someone you don't really know?"

He nodded. Rosmerta sighed, "Well, I'm sure things will work themselves out." If only you knew... He thought quickly.

She smiles at him before continuing on, "Whelp, i'm off to help other customers... this place isn't going to run itself."

Remus gives the landlady of the Three Broomsticks a half smile. Then he takes a drink of his butterbeer, which he had just noticed she had put in front of him. Staring at the counter in front of him. Beginning to get lost in thought.

After a while, Rosmerta circles back around to Remus. Who seemingly had a lot on his mind.

She sighs, her hands on her hips. "All right, everyone else seems settled... Now tell me what you're thinking about," She pauses to pick up his empty butterbeer glass, starting to wipe it off, "Come on, you can tell me."

Remus blinks at her surprised, seemingly knocked out of his thoughts. How long had I been sitting over here daydreaming? He sighs. Might as well get it off my chest.

"Crouch said something..." he started slowly. "To Dumbledore. That night in his office." Rosmerta raised her eyebrows. Remus continued. "Something about... relying on Dumbledore to be as committed to justice as he, Dumbledore, was twelve years ago."

"Well." Rosmerta leaned forward to place her elbows on the bartop. "That's dramatic. What did Dumbledore say?"

Remus shrugged. "He nodded. And said,'Of course.' And then Crouch left."

Rosmerta shrugged. "I'll admit it's odd, but it's not too surprising, is it? Dumbledore is still head of the Wizengamot, and he and Crouch worked really closely together while Crouch was head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. You know this."

𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠. . .

"I'll not have this turn into an arm of Crouch's government, Dumbledore," Moody growled, beady black eyes combing the table, examining each member of the Order in turn. "I'm here to end this war. I could give a shit about public opinion."

Dumbledore inclined his head. "Of course, Alastor, but you must recognize that this is not a vigilante group."

Sirius shifted in his seat beside Remus. "Then what's the point? What are we here for?" he demanded. "If not to kill the bastards?"

𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠. . .

"Something like that," Remus agreed with Rosmerta. "It's just... it almost sounded like a threat."

At that, Rosmerta laughed aloud. "Someone successfully threatened Albus Dumbledore? That'll be the day." She took Remus's empty glass and reached back to refill it. "Now. Tell me all about your lessons. What's it like being on the other end of things?"

Remus laughed with her and put Barty Crouch out of his mind. Rosmerta was probably right, anyway... it was likely nothing. I'm just overthinking things of the past. Crouch had always been a bit of a fanatic, and Dumbledore was probably just humoring him.

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