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Hmn, what was I supposed to say? Oh yeah! I don't own Harry potter! Did I mention JKR rox? I'm just a pathetic obsessed fan, who writes petty fanfics on fanfiction.net. Does the word fanfiction give someone a clue that I don't own HP??? Oy yea..JKR ROX!!! :D
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This is the first fanfic I've EVER written. So be nice! I've reposted it, with good formatting, and I've deleted the old copy. I've also made this one into chapters. I guess it seems better that way, then as one thing.
SUMMARY: Remus Lupin runs away from Hogwarts after almost killing someone. He decides he is dangerous. It's up to his friends to bring him back…..or is it?
Remus encounters many surprises, but he will also learn a dangerous secret. One that holds the keys to their futures. But will it help?
Runaway
BY: Inigma
Remus Lupin edged closer to the bush. There was something grey and fluffy in there. Remus wanted to hold it.
Suddenly, the thing in the bush let out a horrible growl. Remus paid no attention. He was, after all, just three years old. Remus heard his mum calling his name but paid it no mind. His mother was not important right now. The thing in the bush was.
Suddenly, the thing in the bush jumped out. It was a werewolf! Remus screamed. His mother ran toward him but she wasn't fast enough. The werewolf fastened its overlarge jaw onto Remus's small wrist. The next thing Remus felt was considerable pain.
Remus awoke in a cold sweat. He hated that dream. It was so long ago when a werewolf had bitten him. Remus sighed. He wished the dream would go away but it never did. Remus had already had the dream three times this week. That was because this was the week leading up to the full moon. Remus knew that he would yet again turn into the dreadful werewolf.
Remus was in fifth year in Hogwarts and very happy. He had three great friends named Peter aka Wormtail, Sirius aka Padfoot, and James aka Prongs. Remus was aka Moony. His friends were Animagi, and kept Remus company while he was a werewolf. The three boys were Remus's truest and greatest friends. Remus had not even known the meaning of friendship until he had come to Hogwarts.
Remus now looked around the dormitory at the shapes of his three friends. He was anxious about the adventure the four boys had planned for this month but he couldn't help feeling a bit excited.....
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The night of the full moon, Madam Pomfrey led Remus across the grounds as usual and toward the Whomping Willow.
"There you go, dear," she said. Remus thanked her, then picked a stick up from the ground, and walked forward into the tree.
MEANWHILE……
Sirius and Snape were having an intense argument.
"Where does that stupid friend of yours, Lupin, go every month, huh?" Snape spat at Sirius.
"None of your business," Sirius replied angrily. Heat was rising in his face and he could feel himself getting angrier.
Suddenly, Sirius had an idea. "You'd love to go after him wouldn't you?" he asked Snape, trying to keep his voice angry and trying not to smile at the plan forming in his head.
"Yes, that's why I'm asking you, you idiot!" Snape replied, thinking that he was getting the better of Sirius. "I know he goes into that tree, how does he get inside?"
"You want to see what he does there, is that it?" Sirius asked, almost unable to keep the laughter down. "Well, you're in luck slimy Slytherin. All you have to do is press the knot on the tree with a long stick and you can follow him."
"Why are you telling me this?" asked Snape, suddenly suspicious. "Oh, no reason," Sirius answered.
Snape smirked at Sirius and ran out toward the grounds.
Sirius stood there laughing when James came running up to him. "I don't believe it!" he screamed at Sirius. "Peter just told me that you did a bad thing. That you said something about Remus to Snape."
"Yeah," said Sirius casually. "So?"
"What did you tell that slimy, overlarge nosed, idiot?" James asked, trying to keep his voice calm, but was unable to keep the anger out of his voice.
"I told him how to follow Remus into the tree," Sirius replied.
"What?!" James raged. "You idiot!" Without another word he ran after Snape.
"Severus," James yelled, "Severus wait! Stop!"
Snape was already at the tree. James could not tell if he had heard him or he just didn't care. Snape picked Lupin's stick of the ground and pressed the knot on the tree.
The tree froze. Snape was about to go inside when he saw something that made him stop dead. Just a couple hundred feet away from Snape and staring hungrily at him was a werewolf. Large teeth produced from its mouth and it was snarling.
Wild thoughts flashed through Snape's mind. "Lupin," he screamed "It's you isn't you! You'll be sorry!"
The werewolf growled menacingly and Snape suddenly realized that his life was in danger. He screamed and tried to move but his feet weren't working.
Suddenly, James grabbed Snape by the arm. "C'mon," he hissed. He started to pull Snape back when the tree unfroze and started to move again. James tried to make Snape move faster but he wouldn't budge. "C'mon," he said again. Suddenly James felt a blinding pain on the top of his head. He blinked blood out of his eyes. His vision was clouding. He felt himself let go of Snapes arm. "No," James whispered, "No."
Then everything went black.
When James awoke, he was in the hospital wing. He could hear people talking quietly. He sat up and looked around. Snape was lying in the bed next to him and looked unconscious. James could see dried blood on his robes. He tried to scratch his head but couldn't owing to a large bandage covering it.
James looked around and saw that Sirius was sitting by his bed. "Hey," Sirius said.
"Hey," James answered.
"Look, I'm really sorry, James. It was just a joke. I never meant for anyone to get hurt."
"I'm sure you didn't," James replied. "You just wanted to pay that slimeball back for all those bad things he did to us. But he could have been killed, Sirius! So could I, I suppose."
Snape choose that moment to wake up. "So," he said with glee. "Your little friend's a werewolf. In addition, he tried to kill me last night. He'll be expelled for sure. Wait 'till all the parents find out about this. They won't be happy. You can say good-bye to your little friend right now 'cause it's his last night here."
At that moment, Dumbledore walked into the ward. He walked up to them. "Mr. Black," he said. "I would like to speak with Mr. Potter and Mr. Snape, if you could please excuse us for a second."
"Yes, of course, headmaster." Sirius replied and left the ward.
Dumbledore turned to James. "That was a very brave thing you did Mr. Potter. Risking your life to help someone you particularly dislike. For that, I award Gryffindor 40 points. Now Mr. Black has played a joke that was, how should I put it, not quite up to Gryffindor standards. For that, I subtract 20 points from Gryffindor. Now if you don't mind, I would like to speak with Mr. Snape in private so I hope you don't mind me magically plugging your ears."
"No, of course not," James said.
Dumbledore smiled, waved his wand, and all sounds stoped. James lay back on his pillow and waited to be able to hear again.
Dumbledore turned to Snape. "I saw him professor Dumbledore, sir. I saw the werewolf, I mean I saw Lupin, I mean….."
"Listen Mr. Snape, you are never to tell anyone what you saw inside the Whomping Willow. Ever. Do you understand that?"
"But, headmaster," said Snape in a whining voice "Remus is a werewolf, he could be dangerous, the world's got to know."
"Mr. Snape, you have to understand, it could be dangerous to Remus to have anyone find out he is a werewolf, you don't want anything bad to happen to him do you?"
"Of, of course not", said Snape in a voice that stated quite clearly that that was not true. Dumbledore saw that at once.
"Let's put it this way Mr. Snape. I forbid you to tell anyone what you saw inside that tree or what I told you tonight. Your saying anything could lead you to expulsion from this school. Of course, I would hate to resort to such measures so I hope this will be our little secret. In addition, your foolishness of going into that tree has caused me to take 10 points from Slytherin. Good day to you." With that, Dumbledore unplugged James ears and left the ward.
During that day, James had many visitors, all intent on cheering him up. Snape had no visitors. James could see he looked a bit sad and jealous.
James girlfriend, Lily Evans, came with a get-well card that she made herself and a box of chocolate frogs. Peter came and told James to feel better. Sirius came again and apologized again. Remus came the next day.
When Remus changed back and heard what happened, he was angry with Sirius. "It's my fault," he muttered to himself "My Fault."
Remus visited James and asked if he was ok.
The next day, Madam Pomfrey discharged James and Snape from the hospital wing. This month adventure lay forgotten but there was still next month adventure up ahead.