“I always wondered who had hurt him so badly. When we first found out that Remus was a werewolf, he was so scared. So sure that we would hate him. It took us so long to convince him we didn't see him as a monster." Lily has a talk with Remus's mother.

"It is not unusual for one child in a family to be singled out for abuse and neglect. Often the other children in the household even participate in the abuse of the scapegoat." Dudley Dursley looks back on his childhood. Some things are a lot clearer now.

Monster's are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside of us, and sometimes, they win. Stephen King Remus returns to Hogwarts in PoA and finds himself haunted, though not by the ghosts that are seen by others.

"That wasn't a happy thought, so the dementors couldn't suck it out of me..." Prisoner of Azkaban . Sirius muses on how he kept his sanity in Azkaban. This can be read as a companion to "Just in Case". I will continue if there is interest shown.

AU! Ron figures out how Riddle's diary works before Harry does, and it becomes his dirty little secret. Smut...semi/slash I guess...graphic Voldi thoughts...you've been warned.

Arthur Weasley finds a letter from his son in his darkest hour, giving him his perspective on life and death from beyond the grave.

Not for the first time since he had heard the terrible news, he pondered whether having his soul removed would really be such a terrible thing...Remus visits Sirius in prision. Can he accept everyone elses version of the truth?