The first thing that struck me other than the obvious terror at the situation I was in, were the piercing yellow eyes staring into my own terror filled blue ones.

I now regretted sneaking away from my mother's watchful gaze, how I hoped she would come and rescue me from my own immature naivety. For standing not 10 metres away from me was a real life werewolf, and I could not be more terrified, I literally felt my muscles stiffen, not allowing me to move even an inch.

A snap of a twig on the deserted pathway brought me back to the present situation. In my mind I knew this was it, I was going to die. I didn't even get to see Hogwarts, find out what house I would belong to, even if I would get the letter. I didn't get to buy my first wand, go shopping for supplies in Diagon Alley. So many things I would miss out on.

"REMUS", I heard the shout some way down the footpath, I couldn't open my mouth to even attempt to reply. My mother's frantic voice would be the last thing I would ever hear.

The wolf stalked forward and let out a howl towards the full moon, I closed my eyes waiting for the pain to start.

The first thing I felt was the weight barge into me knocking me straight off my feet, then the fierce grip of a creature 10 times stronger than the strongest human. I reopened my eyes in time to see the delight flash across the eyes of the monster attacking me.

My head was pushed to the side roughly and felt teeth sinking into my shoulder and neck, the pain was indescribable. I knew I would never feel anything like this again as long as I lived, if I lived.

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How wrong I was, this is the worse pain I have ever felt, looking into the hazel and grey eyes of my two best friends.

Well my ex best friends, after all who would want to be friends with a monster like me.

I pulled my Gryffindor red bedcovers up to my chin, and examined the creases in them while I felt the gazes of James and Sirius on me. I felt the weight of two people sit at the end of my bed.

"Why didn't you just tell us Remus" Sirius asked gently. I remained silent, pretending that this wasn't happening.

"Remus we don't care what you are, we're your friends, you can't get rid of us that easily" said James.

"Yeah" added Sirius.

I looked up, taking in the determined expressions on their faces. "You mean that don't you" I asked.

"Course we do" replied Sirius.

I allowed a glimmer of hope to fill me up, maybe I would be allowed to have friends and fit in, even though I turned into a monster once a month.