[HPforGrownups] Lupin on the train (was Re: conjuring things - Remus)

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 18893

Lupin was on the train:

1.  To get to Hogwarts himself.

2.  To protect the son of the best friend he ever had from being
harmed in some way by another mutal friend who apparently betrayed
them all a dozen years earlier and committed mass murder.  

What exactly he could do to defend Harry on the train is open to
debate but I'm sure Lupin felt that simply "being there" to keep an
eye on things would help somehow.  True, he had no way of knowing
that Harry would end up in his compartment but that can be overcome. 
Once the train started, Lupin could walk up and down the corridor,
meeting and greeting.  After all, he didn't need to meet Harry as
much as he had to watch for Sirius Black or a large black dog.

And I don't think that Lupin had slammed the door shut on friendship
with Black.  After all, once Black escaped from prison, Lupin could
have gone to Dumbledore at least and advised him to watch out for a
big black dog as well as for Black himself.  It would have been a big
help to the authorities.  But Lupin didn't do that.  Could it be that
deep down inside he couldn't bring himself to do it?

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