Chrome

A/N: So...I'm so excited for this story! I want to try something different with this story and I kind if want to work on something other than Method because I have a feeling that I will be working harder on it than I ever have *le wink! Oh yeah and this is a AU obviously so Hogwarts doesn't exist, they can't do magic, yaddayadda you guys catch my drift right?

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"Hurry up!" He hissed between clenched teeth as he fearfully looked this way and that in search of someone who would thwart them.
"I'm trying!" The younger of the two hissed back and quickly climbed down the ladder that lead up to the roof of the building.

"Are you sure about this?" The younger asked gingerly, afraid of what would happen if someone saw them.
"Of course I'm sure! Else we wouldn't be doing this you wimp!" He snarled and grabbed the younger boy roughly and pulled him to the shadows where he was currently hiding.

"We have till dawn to run as fast as we can, or else they ARE gonna catch us." The older growled and took off towards the fence that surrounded the building they were leaving.

"More climbing...?" The younger grumbled but nevertheless climbed to the top like the older and vaulted himself over the fence.

"Here, get on my back." The younger did as he was told and held on tight as the older bolted into the forest without a single glance back.

"I seriously hope this doesn't come and bite us in the ass..." He mumbled into the older's shoulder, shutting his eyes tightly.

"I have a feeling it will, how soon, I'm not really sure." The older replied and ran as fast as he could past the trees and their branches that slapped his face, arms, and legs.

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"Ugh..." Remus woke up with a moan of irritation as he tried to shield his eyes with his hand. Damn housekeeper must've pulled the blinds open in an effort to wake him up like usual. He lazily glanced towards his digital clock and groaned when he noticed that he had an hour to get ready and get to school or else he would be late and that would end up going against his perfect school record of no tardies.

He got up and instead of heading towards the shower, he slunked into the kitchen and fixed himself up a meager breakfast of toast and jam. He could've had a very indulgent breakfast, but seeing as he had no time and he wasn't in the mood to be reminded of how lucky he was to be living where he lived.

Remus Lupin was in the top ten of Chrome Graduates, which meant that he was one of the best and brightest of the city. His living quarters were proof that he was a treasure to the city, and that one day he would follow in the footsteps of the famous scientists that created their utopian society of Chrome. He yawned, that speech was starting to get old to him. He remembered the first time he had been given the 'Importance to Society' speech, it was the day he had graduated from high school at the top of his class. They had pulled him aside and had explained that from now on, he would be given whatever he wanted and be treated like nobility in Chrome...If he accepted the offer to join Chrome's University. At the time, Remus was dirt poor and he lived with his mother and father in a two room shack at the edge of the city. So naturally, he accepted without hesitation.

"Worst decision of my life." Remus muttered to himself as he spread the jam on his toast darkly. As a student of the University, he was controlled. What he ate, what he watched, who he even dared to talk to. It was all controlled by the University. He could not eat fattening things, no fried foods, no sugary drinks, nothing except fruits and vegetables, and one thing that nearly made Remus insane, no smoking. Remus wasn't exactly a heavy smoker, but he did enjoy a quick light up every now and then to cope with exam stress. Now that he couldn't, he had resulted towards drinking lots of coffee (which was permitted). He could not watch anything that was deemed too gory, childish, or just not fit for a university student, so needless to say, Remus's flat screen television had only two channels; the Chrome News Channel (CNC), and the Chrome Documentary Channel (CDC). As of his first year of University, Remus had not one friend. Every one else was deemed not smart enough to even breathe the same air as a Chrome Prodigy. So, Remus hasn't talked to his parents in over a year.

Sighing to himself, Remus quickly showered and ran down the hallways of the boy's dormitory to the main building of the school where most of the classes were being held. He made it to his designated class without a minute to spare, he quickly sat down and pulled out the necessary things he would need from his desk.

"And so begins another school day..." He sighed and began to write down what the teacher was writing on the board.

"Okay, students!" The lecturer clapped his hands together and looked at his wristwatch. Remus sighed, he stood up recited the words that he knew by heart.

"I pledge myself to the most beautiful city of Chrome and to those who want to further our beautiful city's advancement. I pledge my undying loyalty to those who keep our beautiful city safe." The class recited as one. Once the two minute moment of silence was done and the class was seated once again, the man on the speaker read off a list of activities the various clubs of the school were holding after school.

"Oh, and before I forget...Students please be careful on your way to your dormitories or if you are going off campus for some reason. Two D-class convicts escaped last night and are believed to be in our area. If you see these two convicts, please do not approach them for they are armed and dangerous. Thank you." After he had said this, the class erupted into whispers. The lecturer tried his hardest to keep them quiet, but to no avail. He eventually let them whisper amongst each other about the escaped convicts since nothing like this had ever happened before. Chrome was one of the safest places on Earth.

"Lupin!" Remus looked to his right and saw the boy whom he hated with a passion. Lucius Malfoy.
"Yes?" Remus asked with a raised eyebrow, unlike most of the students at the University, Lucius could afford the outrageous tuition fee since his family was one of the most prominent families in Chrome. It was even rumored that the Malfoy's had a hand in the creation of the city. Remus wouldn't dispute that since everywhere Lucius went, it seemed that everyone rolled out the red carpet for him and his family.

"Did you hear about what's happening at the East Edge of the city?" He smirked, Remus shook his head.
"You mean the-" "Shit district?" "-Bronze District?" Remus finished, not wanting to give Malfoy the upper hand.
"Yeah, the Bronze District," Lucius rolled his eyes. The city was divided into five districts; the Diamond District (located in the North Edge), which was where the upper middle-class citizens lived, the Platinum District (located at the West Edge), where people like Malfoy lived, The Gold District, which was in the middle of the city and was where the important city buildings were housed, The Silver District (located at the South Edge), which was where lower middle class lived, and The Bronze District (located at the East Edge and was Remus's former home), which was where the poorest of the poor lived.

"What's going on there?" Remus asked nervously, ever since he was accepted to the University he hadn't heard anything about his parents except that his father had passed away a few months after the Entrance Ceremony.

"Well, you wouldn't hear about this on the CNC, but since my father works with the higher ups and such, of course he would know!" Remus rolled his eyes and waited for the tidbit of taunting information that Malfoy would surely give him.

"Yes?" Remus prodded, Malfoy glared at him and cleared his throat.
"There's been a series of kidnappings in the Shit district and guess who's doing it?" He smirked evilly. Remus shrugged, not showing emotion even though inside he was anxious.

"I dunno, the Government?" He mocked the blonde, said blonde shook his head.
"No, but close." He laughed and returned to his work.

It seemed that class was taking forever to end and when it did, Remus shot out of the classroom and didn't stop until he was in his own room with the door locked behind him.
"Is he being serious?" Remus asked himself, but shook his head. Malfoy was notorious for bullshitting.
"Of course he isn't...He's just trying to make me sweat. Asshole." Remus snarled and grabbed his coat, forgetting all about the escaped convicts. Right now his need for air was greater than his inherit need to be safe.

A/N: I hope you guys enjoy the opening chapter of this story! I hope I explained a couple of things about the place they live in and such! I had an idea like this stewing in my head and I wrote a draft chapter but it ended up being horrible and not making a lot of sense, of course this was before I even had the idea for Method and I'm glad that I took the time to clean the story plot of this up and fix some things.