Yeah, yeah, I know I have four other stories to be updating right now, but I have to get this idea out of my head before it drives me crazy. So, whatever...
Genre/Pairing/year set: Family/Hurt/Comfort/Remus L./Harry P./from 3rd year until..idk..whenever.
Disclaimer:Don't own HP or anything that you recognize from elsewhere.
Also, I apprechiate you all being pacient with the updates. Thanks.
~His Wolf Girl 13
Chapter 1:You're a what?
Harry had always known he was different, but the had thought it had only gone to the fact that he was a wizard, the boy-who-lived. He was wrong on that note, however. He had found that he had far more ways of being classified as different nowadays about halfway through the summer before third year. It was a full moon night, he was relatively lucky that he had been locked inside his room and that the Dursley's didn't care enough to check up on him when they heard him yell or something at night. And boy, did he scream and yell alot that night. He knew he'd have to keep it a secret from his friends. He knew that Dumbledore knew, having wrote to him the following morning before heading downstairs. He earned a slightly annoyed glare from his aunt. Apparently she hadn't slept well that night. He had kept himself out of her way the rest of the summer. Thankfully, that was the last full moon of the summer. Now, Harry mused, he just had to figure out how to keep others from finding out. Dumbledore had told him in his letter that the new Defence teacher would help him out, since he was also a werewolf. He shuddered at the thought. He hated that he'd have to lie to Ron and Hermione every month about his disappearances. That should be fun..Hermione was sure to figure something out. He cursed under his breath. He'd left the Dursley's a few days ago, and at the moment he was sitting outside in Diagon Alley, trying to think of plausable excuses ahead of time. This was gonna be harder than he'd thought.
The rest of the summer vacation went by fastly, meeting up with Hermione and the Weasley's a few days beforehand. He was always getting an odd look thrown at him by Mr. Weasley. He was confused until he remember that Mr. Weasley worked at the Ministry. Oh, great, there's another person who knows. Just what he needed. But Mr. Weasley was still fond of him, and he was thankful. By the time Harry, Hermione and Ron had boarded the Hogwarts Express, Harry was fed up with the looks he got. He waved once before he turned and walked down the corridor, trying to find an empty compartment. But the three third years ended up sitting with Professor Lupin, anyways. Harry looked over at him, kind of sad for the man. He looked down right exhausted. He wondered how long the professor had been a werewolf, kind of curious but not nearly stupid enough to ask when Lupin woke. Lupin glanced over at Harry, and Harry jumped when he recognized the man by his eyes. The amber eyes were all too familiar to him. "Moony!"he exclaimed, causing Ron and Hermione to look at Harry like he was crazy before looking back at the professor, whose eyes had widened, but a small smile had formed. "I see you still remember me."he chuckled. Harry nodded. Hermione looked between them. "How do you know Harry, Professor?"she asked curiously. 'Moony' looked over at her. "Oh, I was a friend of his parents in school. I was over at their place alot after he was born up until they went into hiding."he said with a shrug. He looked back at Harry, noticing the scars on his arms and looked up at the teen, alarmed. "What happened to your arms? I hope you didn't do that."he said, a slightly panicked edge in his voice. Harry shook his head and cast a look at his friends to show he couldn't say. "Oh, so your the kid Dumbledore said I'd need to help out this year. Great..I was hoping that that hadn't taken effect on you at all."he said, causing the other two to look confused and Harry to look curious, but shook his head.
Needless to say, the ride had been interesting and Hermione looked like she was thinking really hard about something. Too many hints had been dropped, Harry knew. She would figure it out. He was panicking slightly until he entered the Entrance Hall. Professor McGonagall stopped them and asked Harry and Hermione to come with her. Harry knew what was going on, he just was hoping to avoid this. He saw Professor Lupin waiting outside her office for them and sighed. Hermione looked curious, but stayed outside the office while Professor Lupin and Harry went into McGonagall's office to talk. Hermione tried her best to occupy herself and not pay attention to the few lines she heard, but they stuck with her. "Harry, I suggest that you ask Madame Pomfrey to put glamour charms on you temorarily after each trip to the shack, to hide the scars that come with the transformation. Mr. Lupin had to do the same when he was here. All seven years. Though the injuries got better after second year."McGonagall said, her voice muffled to Hermione, but sounding suspicious at the end anyway. Transformation?, Hermione thought, shaking her head. Probably nothing to worry about., she added.
After Hermione got the time-turner she'd need for her classes, all four of them headed out to the Great Hall. The sorting was already ending. Professor Lupin was talking with Harry, but it seemed like it was coded as well. Hermione ended up listening, curious as to what was going on with the new Professor and her best friend. Harry and Hermione walked to Gryffindor table in silence after having parted from the two professors, who headed up to the Heads table. Ron looked relieved to see them. "What was all that about? And why was Lupin with you guys?"he asked quickly. They explained shortly, stopping when Dumbledore stood to give his start of term speech. Harry looked up at the Headmaster, feeling Snape's glare set on him for a moment. He ignored it. "Welcome back, students. First off, I'd like to welcome our new Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher, Professor R.J. Lupin, who has most kindly agreed to work with us on many other accounts for this year as well..."Dumblerdore paused for a moment, glancing at Harry before continuing. "Now I have two pieces of serious news before we begin the feast: One, our castle home will play host to the Dementors of Azkaban this year. Second, we have had a furry little problem arise over the summer in one of our students, so they will be under the help of Professor Lupin until they are used to the new issue. No one is to harm this person, or the consiquinces will be servere. That's all. Let the feast begin."Dumbledore went back to his seat.
When Harry looked over at Hermione, it was to see her deep in thought, decoding what Dumbledore had meant most likely. Harry sighed when Hermione gasped and looked up at him. "No way! How!"she exclaimed, her eyes shining. Harry shrugged, noticing the looks they got. "Alright, come with me..both of you. Seems like I have to tell Ron now..and I have to explain."he said softly, getting up and glancing up at Professor Lupin who'd no doubt heard Hermione and was watching him with a question in his eyes. He nodded and Professor Lupin got up, going to explain to Dumbledore in a whisper before going to Harry's side, leading him out of the Great Hall. Hermione and Ron followed them, Dumbledore heard some of the questions and quickly stood, addressing the issue quickly with a half lie. The babble returned to the summer and Dumbledore settled in his seat again. Lupin lead the trio up to his office and let them get settled while fixing some hot chocolate for them. Harry accepted his with a half smile at him. Hermione was still glancing at Harry every now and then. Harry noticed and sighed. "Hermione, will you calm down? This is why I didn't want you to know. You'd make me feel like an animal in a zoo."he snapped in frustration. Hermione let her gaze go to the hot chocolate in the mug in her hand. Harry looked up at Professor Lupin, but noticed Ron's confused look. Professor Lupin saw as well and started explaining while Harry calmed down. "Alright, I was alerted by Dumbledore that I was to help Harry this year, as he is going through something..similar to what I went through as a child. His is odd, however, because he was born like this. Personally I place the blame on this on myself, as I'm the one who didn't hide my secret from James, Sirius and Peter better in Second year. They spent until our fifth year becoming Animagi after they found out, in fact. I, along with Harry, am a werewolf. But before you judge, let me say that I wouldn't hurt someone on purpose. Ever. Harry, I know you must be curious as to how you became like this. James, Sirius and Peter sort of became like a Pack to my wolf self..and since the Wolfsbane potion hadn't been invinted yet, I didn't ever have my right mind, nor did I remember anything until they told me. And boy did I ever get a shock. I had ended up wrestling with James..or Prongs as Fred and George would know him as if they have the Marauder's Map. Don't tell them about that though..and I bit him. He was in his Animagus form, though, a stag, and it didn't turn him into a werewolf. But apparently the venom lingered in his genes. It was passed on to you, Harry. But your magic fought it. I was so relieved when I thought you weren't a werewolf because of my mistake..but your magic wasn't strong enough to keep you from becoming like me. I'm sorry,"he said. Hermione looked like she understood and was relatively calm, but Ron was horribly pale. "Two werewolves at Hogwarts? What's Dumbledore thinking!"he said. Harry looked upset, but Remus shook his head. "Peter reacted the same when he found out what I was. It's just shock, it fine."he said quietly. After a while Ron calmed down and apologized. Remus walked the three up to their common room afterwards, telling them the password and then leaving with a wave farewell.
Harry was relatively quiet when they all sat down in the common room, which was blissfully quiet. Harry was thinking about something, and Hermione was whispering to Ron about something. Harry glanced at them. "No, guys. No risking your lives like my dad, Sirius and Peter did for Remus. I'm not worth that much trouble. Trust me. I'd rather not have you two in trouble for doing something like that."he said softly. Ron grumbled about ruined surpirses and then shared a look with Hermione that was meant to say that they would be having a talk with Remus. They weren't relatively sure about Harry calling him Remus, but it was better than 'Moony' which would've alerted Fred and George to there being a Marauder in the castle again. After a while, Harry grew weary of sitting in the common room and retired to the dormatory to get some sleep, looking utterly exhausted. He was asleep as soon as he laid down. Hermione waited for a few minutes to be sure Harry was asleep before sneaking in and getting the invisability cloak from Harry's trunk quietly and heading back to the common room.
The following morning, when Harry arrived at breakfast, Hermione and Ron were there already and were discussing something in whispers, looking quite smug. Harry looked up at the staff table and saw that Remus was looking slightly guilty under his gaze and automatically headed up to stand in front of him on the other side of the table. "They came to see you last night didn't they? Asked about doing the same as your friends had and where to find the information they'd need in the library?"he asked quietly. Remus nodded once. "I'm sorry, Harry. But I figured that you wouldn't mind, you'll need them to be there for you later. How about we discuss this privately later, perhaps after your last class of the day, right before dinner?"he offered. Harry thought for a moment, then agreed, stating that he was bringing Ron and Hermione with him as well. He sighed and went to sit with them to eat breakfast. They stopped talking immediately. He looked up at them. "It's fine, I already know. By all means, continue. But you two are going to have to come with me this evening to speak with Remus."he said softly, quietly starting to eat breakfast, keeping his eyes hid from his friends as he planned. He was gonna end up living up to his dad's surname..not to mention the title of Marauder that his dad had had. He smiled softly at the thought. Oh, Moony would kill him if he knew what he was planning...
I have a few questions that I would love for you guys to answer, just to see what you guys want to see in the story, but also, just a bit curious as to what your opinions are anyways...
1)Should Harry have a GF in this fic? If so what year, and who?
2)Should Hermione and Ron go through with the Animagi idea as well?
3)Should Harry live up to his dad and follow in the Marauders' footsteps of being a big prankster?
4)What do you think Harry's planning?
and finally 5)Should I perhaps include the idea of Harry being a cub of sort to Moony?
Thanks for taking the time to bother reading this...
