We never told anyone this, but once when we were in our fourth year, Remus and James were roughhousing and Remus's teeth scraped over James's arm. He didn't mean to, and he didn't bite down, but after James sat up, he saw that the skin was broken.
We discussed it at the time, and decided not to say anything. It was a tense couple of weeks to the full moon, let me tell you! But we agreed that if James changed, nothing we'd done earlier would have helped, and if he didn't ... no one ever needed to be told about it. We didn't want Remus reported to the Werewolf Support Office, d'you see, or to force Dumbledore to reveal him to the other students.
Obviously, nothing happened. That's in the lad's favour, anyway.
As to the rest, though ... Alice, listen, I don't doubt that Remus doesn't want any other children made into werewolves. But that goal doesn't absolve him of his past actions. And until I have proof, I hate to say it, but he likely betrayed us first - and James, Lily and Peter died as a result. Now, if I know Moony, I'm sure he regrets that! But regret doesn't undo what was done. And if he was brought to it once, it could happen again. Would you rather risk exposing the whole Order, and all your innocent children, to the mercies of Death Eaters and their minions?
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We discussed it at the time, and decided not to say anything. It was a tense couple of weeks to the full moon, let me tell you! But we agreed that if James changed, nothing we'd done earlier would have helped, and if he didn't ... no one ever needed to be told about it. We didn't want Remus reported to the Werewolf Support Office, d'you see, or to force Dumbledore to reveal him to the other students.
Obviously, nothing happened. That's in the lad's favour, anyway.
As to the rest, though ... Alice, listen, I don't doubt that Remus doesn't want any other children made into werewolves. But that goal doesn't absolve him of his past actions. And until I have proof, I hate to say it, but he likely betrayed us first - and James, Lily and Peter died as a result. Now, if I know Moony, I'm sure he regrets that! But regret doesn't undo what was done. And if he was brought to it once, it could happen again. Would you rather risk exposing the whole Order, and all your innocent children, to the mercies of Death Eaters and their minions?