Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, I only mess with the characters. JKR just provides my source.

A/N: So here is my first (not so) epic Harry Potter story on yay!

Young Remus Lupin is starting school at Hogwarts, however he is unsure he will fit in. read through his emotions and feelings of a lone werewolf.

Sorry some of this is a little tedious and maybe boring but it needs to be there. Please be nice and review it even if you hate it, though no flames please.

BTW just thought I'd say that this was written BEFORE Deathly Hallows.

The morning was cold and the sky a dull gray. Rain held in, waiting to bombard the station. A bone-chilling breeze rattled through platform 9 ¾. A skinny sickly looking boy shivered and wrapped his brown scarf tighter around his throat. His pale blue eyes flickered back between the gateway, where his parents had just left. Remus Lupin stood up from his battered trunk, and petted the great tawny owl through the cage bars. "You like that?" he asked his owl. Naveed nibbled his hand affectionately.

Remus glanced around at the empty station. The legendary gleaming red train had not yet arrived nor had the other students. He was grateful for this.

He was once excited to get on to the Hogwarts express to learn and educate himself in the art of magic. However, the enthusiasm had worn off, once a man named Greyback, a werewolf, had bitten him.

What was he thinking, going to Hogwarts when he should've been locked up away from all of mankind? True, Professor Dumbledore had taken all the precautions, but he still felt dirty and tainted by the fact that he was now what some called half-breeds. His grey eyes stared at the ground in misery. Who would accept a werewolf? True they may not realize at first, but Dumbledore was sure to warn them of his presence. When that day comes- he thought sadly, I'll be rejected. He sighed deeply wishing he had never gone into the forest that night…

"You're early." said a dry, bored voice. Lupin whipped around. It was the porter. The express had arrived.

The station was filling up quick, as rain pounded on the glass roof.

Mothers and fathers brought up rear on the crowded platform, as they farewelled their children. Now would be the best time for Remus to get on if he was to not be noticed. He reached the far carriage and sat down, trying to make himself as small as possible. Making sure his scars on his arms and legs, from transforming, was hidden. It seemed like hours until the train finally started progressing along the tracks, picking up pace.

Remus stroked Naveed's beak as he watched the scenery go by. Nobody had bothered to come down to this end of the carriage. "Um excuse me, but is this carriage full? Can I sit down?" came a voice. Remus looked up timidly. There was fiery red head with bright emerald eyes. Smiling on him. He nodded weakly, becoming suddenly interested in the texture of his trainers. " Hi I'm Lily."

She said smiling at him with two rows of pearly white teeth and sat down.

" I'm Remus Lupin." he said quietly, the words hardly leaving his lips.

He couldn't believe it. Someone had wanted to sit with him. He stole a glance at the newcomer. Lily was a first year, like him. She was staring out the window apparently enthralled by everything around her. Remus started subconsciously patting Naveed again.

Lily had a cat curled on her lap that she had taken from it's ebony cage. was midnight black with white socks and golden eyes that were fixed upon him.

Another predator…

" Do you like her?" said a vague voice.

"What-?" he stuttered. She rolled her emerald eyes and repeated the question.

Lupin blushed nodding his head, so that his auburn hair fell into his eyes.

"Her name's Iah, It means moon it Egyptian." she said knowingly. "Fitting isn't it!" She laughed. "My parents gave her to me. They were so shocked to find out I was a witch!" she exclaimed. Lupin stared at her. He hadn't expected her to be muggle-born.

" So what's your Owl's name?"

For the rest of the trip Remus was glad for her company. The subject of Owls carried them on for half an hour until they got onto magic.

They were discussing which house they would like to be in when the sweet trolley came down the aisle, full of treats. Remus ordered as Lilly had no idea what half the food was.

Years later he would remember the moment when she had open the chocolate frog, and to her surprise, it jumped into her mouth. She had spit it out thinking it was real, until she had found out from Remus, who was rolling on the floor with laughter, that the frog was actually made of chocolate.

"How do you think they sort us?" asked Lily after they had caught their breaths and calmed down. Remus gave her a quizzical look. "Well…" he said. "I think I read in 'Hogwarts a History' that a hat did the job," he said skeptically, expecting her to crack up again.

He looked up after a moment's silence to realize she was staring at him with amazement.

" I did too." she said, apparently awed by his words.

"you're the first person I've spoken too who has got past reading the cover!" she exclaimed. "Funnily enough though," She continued "I don't remember seeing you around-" but she was cut off by two other first years bursting into the compartment. "There you are!" said another female voice. Remus looked up shyly, making sure he did not catch the newcomers' eyes. A thin girl with luscious raven hair flowing down her back looked at Lilly scornfully. She was the girl who had shouted at her.

"This is Amy Remus, I met her in diagon alley-"

At that moment, Lupin felt oddly protective of Lily. He was about to stand up and risk getting noticed when- " Yeah!" said another voice. It came from a short, slightly overweight figure, with freckles splattered across her nose that clashed horribly with her silvery blond hair and pale grey-blue eyes. " We've been looking all over for you!" she said irritably, folding her arms across her chest and tapping her foot.

"Come on! We're nearly there, you have to change." she said. Lily let out a tiny noise of weak protest; allowing her new friends to pull her away.

"Nice to meet you Remus!" she called over her shoulder.

He sighed. He was alone again.

He might as well put his robes on.

Remus took his time carefully putting on the new school robes, making sure his socks were pulled up, the robes sat on his shoulders squarely, and his tie was straight.

He looked at his reflection in the paneling behind the squishy train seats.

Just as he'd finished packing his things back into his trunk, a load whistle rang throughout the train signaling their arrival.

He gathered up his trunk and stuffed Naveed back into his cage,

It had stopped raining as Remus walked out into the mist and he could make out the station's name: Hogsmeade Station.

"Fir's years this way, fir's years!" Remus hurried towards the source of the voice, still dragging his heavy trunk along the platform "Stop there lad." said a familiar dry voice, it was the porter. "You need not take that, do not worry it will be waiting for you up at the castle." he said laughing heartily at look on Remus's face.

Remus blushed, leaving his trunk and owl, and making his way over to the other first years, giving Naveed a longing glance.

"Are you all 'ere?" said the booming voice. Remus looked up to see an abnormally large man was the source of the voice. The man stared down at them with a broad grin. He glanced around. Nobody else returned it. They all looked rather frightened by the man's height and frightened.

Remus shivered in his spot, not because of the man's height. It was tradition for the arriving of the first years to cross the black lake on your first year.

The only one's who looked utterly unfazed by the idea were two jet-black haired boys. Their eyes were shining with tears of laughter. Remus looked at them with longing. He wished he could be with them laughing.