evergreen • remus lupin

68. veritaserum

august 28, 1977

Selene was placed in a cell in the Ministry by Frank Longbottom and his partner.

"Please I'm innocent, I never killed her" she pleaded as they dragged her down a hallway lined with cells

"Tell it to the judge" The female whose name she never learned snapped

"I will, but you have to believe me, Frank you're friends with Remus and James, ask them they'll testify."

"There's a warrant out for their arrest as well, along with Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew." He said coldly

"What?! Why?" 

"They put you under the Imperius curse" he said. 

"That's a lie! You work for my father don't you." she scoffed

"I work for the Ministry, not some fat rich white man who thinks he's above everyone else" he pushed her into a cell and chained her to the chair in the center of the room. 

"Yes! He is a fat, rich white man, I hate him and my family! I ran away this summer with my boyfriend Remus Lupin, Romilda Rosier tried to kill me!"

"Well which one of you is dead right now?" The female rolled her eyes.

"They warned us about this, she is still suffering from the affects of the curse" Frank told his partner

"I'M NOT UNDER THE FUCKING IMPERIUS CURSE AND I NEVER WAS" she yelled in frustration

"Calm down" Frank spat.

"Give me veritaserum and I'll prove to you that I'm not lying!" The two aurors gave each other a look before Frank nodded, 

"Fine, but any games and I'll feed you to the dementors." he told Selene who exhaled

"Perfect, I have nothing to hide" The female left the room while Frank stayed cross armed

"Please Frank you knew them, do you honestly think they would be the type to put me under the Imperius curse?" she pleaded once more. 

She could feel her skin started to form back to hers. Her hair shortened and her body morphed into it's original shape.

"Don't call me Frank"

"Remus called you Frank." they both fell silent

"I hope for his sake that you're telling the truth. Because no, I don't think they're the kind, but I know who are" he gave a knowing look

"I am not my family" she said coldly

"Remus and his lot are good people, you shouldn't be dragging them down with you"

"I'm not trying to, I love him-" The girl entered again with a small vial of clear liquid. 

"Let's get this over with." she grabbed Selene's hair and yanked it backwards, pouring the liquid in her mouth. Selene felt her mind relax, metaphorically letting its guard down if you will.

"What is your name?" Frank asked

"Selene Rowle" she spoke before she could even take a moment to think. They took the expression on her face as a sign that it was working

"How old are you?" Frank asked

"Sixteen" she blurted out again. She hated this feeling, but fighting it made her feel like her mind was being squeezed into a ball

"Don't fight it, it makes everything worse" Frank told her as she squirmed in pain

"Did you kill Romilda Rosier?" the woman asked