Disclaimer: Morgan, Damien, and Ricki are mine, so are all of their mother's names! Everything else is J.K.'s. God hates me. Oh, and the name Mrs. Gendron, she was my sixth grade math teacher, so I DO NOT own her. And the song that plays on the radio is Sherrie Austin's.
"Middle names were only invented to know when you're in deep trouble."
A five year old Remus Lupin lay on his bed, bruised and crying. His father had gone into a drunken rage, and had taken his anger out on Remus, for the fifth time this month. Remus was also bleeding from a cut on his forehead, buy he was too miserable to notice.
Ricki, his older sister, knock tentatively on his bedroom door. After her fifth knock, she gave up and went in.
Remus sat bolt upright went he heard the door open. He had thought that his father was coming to kick him around some more. To his relief it was Ricki.
"Hey, Remie. You okay?" she asked as she walked into the room, she was limping. She sat down beside Remus and began to check him over making sure he didn't have any broken bones or anything. Luckily he didn't.
"Ricki?" Remus asked, then winced when she touched one of his cuts.
"Yes?" she answered him, as she got up to get the box of bandages. She put one on the cut on his forehead.
"Why does dad hate us? Is it because I'm a... I'm a werewolf?" he finished in a whisper. Remus had been bitten by a werewolf a few months ago, when the beatings began. He was fortunate enough to survive, but was cursed with that fact that he would have to live the rest of his life as a werewolf.
"Remus James Lupin! Don't ever talk like that! You know that this is not your fault, nor was you getting bitten. So please stop talking like that." She dropped off, tears streaming down her face.
Remus pulled his elder sister into a tight hug, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean t-to make y-you cry. I'm so sorry, I won't talk like that if it makes you sad." Tears spilled out of his eyes, and trickled down his pale cheeks. The young child hated to see people sad, so he was trying his hardest to comfort Ricki.
"It's not that. It's just, what's gonna happen to you when I leave to go back to Hogwarts. I don't think I can go if dad is gonna pull this shit." Said Ricki, clearly stating that she wished nothing but death to her father for hurting Remus.
"Ricki, please don't swear, if dad hears he might come back," the young boy cringed, "And Mum says that maybe I can go to Muggle school, like you did." said Remus, yawning a little.
"It would be good to get you out of this house for a while. And you need some friends your own age." Remus yawned again. "You need to get some sleep." She waited for him to change into his P.J.'s before tucking him into bed. She said goodnight and got up to go to her own room when Remus sat straight up, utterly petrified.
"Ricki please don't leave!" Remus was shaking uncontrollably. "He'll kill me, he'll kill you. Please Ricki?" His eyes were filling with tears.
'And two months ago he was his hero.' Ricki thought.
"Oh, Remus calm down. Everything's going to be fine. Remus? Remus? Remus answer me! Remus?" She ran to his bedside and felt franticly for a pulse. "Oh, thank God." she whispered when she realized he was just asleep, but just in case, she decided to stay with him. She snuggled next to him under the blanket.
Remus' First Day Of Kindergarten
A pale boy, with light brown hair, stared off at all of the other children on the little playground. Some were running around and screaming like maniacs. Others clung to their mothers, afraid of this new school place. But Remus just stood there watching, knowing that these people would never except him.
His attention wandered to a young girl, with two long red braids hanging to her waist, and bright green eyes, yelling at a boy, with black hair and dark eyes, to give her ball back to her. He stuck his tongue out and ran off with it. He met up with his friend who also had black hair, though it was very untidy, and wore glasses, and the two played Keep-Away with it.
Another girl came up to the boys, she, too, had short black hair, and a pair of identical glasses as the boy in front of her. If she hadn't been wearing a skirt, Remus would have thought her to be a boy. "Give her, her ball back, or I'll tell mum what really happened to my hair."
The boys fell silent, and reluctantly gave the redhead her ball back. They began to play tag, and ran off to the other side of the playground. "Sorry about them, James and Sirius are such idiots some times."
The redhead giggled.
"What's so funny? That James is my brother? 'Cause if it is I'll have to beat your face in, Red." The girl balled her hand into a fist as the other continued her giggling, clearly unafraid of the threat.
"No... It's just... Is his name really Sirius?" asked the redhead.
"Oh, yeah," said the other girl, now laughing as well, "It's a stupid name. I'm Morgan Potter, and the dum-dum in the glasses over there was James. What's your name?"
"Oh, I'm Lily," answered the redhead, "Lily Evans. Thanks for getting my ball back."
"Class, time to come in." said the teacher, Mrs. Gendron. She had a pleasant voice, so Remus decided he liked her.
When everyone was inside, the teacher told them to sit in a circle. "When I call your name stand up and tell us about yourself. Tell me how many brothers and sisters you have, what you like to do, and how to say your last name, because I always forget." She added with a laugh, "I'll go first, so you can see how it's done. I'm Mrs. Gendron, I have two brothers Michael and Sean, I like to read and play football, and I'm going to have a baby at the end of the year." She smiled and called off a few names, before she reached "Sirius Black."
"I have one little brother, his name's Regulus, and I don't like him. I like to play tag and play with James, my last name's said like the color black, and I'm not going to have a baby at the end of the year." He smiled a goofy smile and sat back down. They class laughed.
After a few minutes the teacher reached "Lily Evans."
"My names' Lily, my sister's name's Petunia, she says I'm weird, I like to play ball and with my sister, you say my last names like ev-an-s, and I'm not having a baby either."
Sirius had apparently started a trend of saying that you weren't having a baby. One kid told the class that he wasn't having one, but his mum was.
When the name "Remus Lupin" came up, Remus' stomach dropped. He'd been listening to what everyone else was saying, and he didn't know what he should say.
He stood up shakily and said, "I'm Remus Lupin, my sister, Ricki, goes to a privet school far away, I like to read and I'm not going to had a baby either." He said turning red, he wasn't sure if he was supposed to say that he wasn't having a baby.
When James Potter came up, the boy stood up and told everyone this, "I'm James Potter, you say it pot-ter, I have a older brother, his name's Damien, and a sister Lorna, who was in your class last year Mrs. Gendron, oh and my twin sister Morgan. I like to play jokes on people, and pizza, oops, oh, and I'm not having a baby. I don't like babies, all they do is cry and poop and..." Mrs. Gendron cut him off.
"Thank you James, it was fun, Morgan Potter."
"I'm Morgan, James is my twin and Lorna and Damien are my brother and sister. Lorna doesn't like shoes, but I do. I like to play on the swings, and I hate dolls. I think that James is a weirdo. Lily's my new best friend, and I am not having a baby, but I think babies are cute, even if they poop a lot."
Half an hour later, it was time for recess. The class was outside and now almost everyone was running around like mental cases. James and Sirius were chucking kick balls at anyone that went past, as long as Mrs. Gendron had her back turned. It was their idea of a joke.
Half way across the playground Lily, Morgan, and Remus sat on the swings. "Where'd ya get that cut on your head?" said Morgan, she was clearly the more out going one.
"I... um fell." answered Remus.
"How?" asked Lily.
"I tripped on my shoelaces." he said flatly.
"But you're wearing sandals." said Morgan, very interested in his cut.
"I wasn't wearing them yesterday."
"My shoes are Velcro, see?" said Lily, who was now speaking a little more. She looked at her new shoes in admiration.
"James can't tie his shoes. He tripped like a gazillion times yesterday." Said Morgan with a laugh.
Just then James raced across the playground, his shoes untied. He tripped and fell flat on his face. "Morgan," he whined, "Will you help me tie my shoes?"
"Not this time, bucko. You played Keep-Away, I play, I'm-Not-Gonna-Tie-Your-Shoes." She said with a smirk. James sulked off to find Sirius, and maybe ask him to tie his shoes.
"So, what is your name?" Lily asked Remus.
"Remus." answered Remus, dully.
"Oooh, Remie!" said Lily excitedly.
"Don't call me that." he said, and under his breath he added, "Only Ricki can."
"So, you have a sister right?" said Morgan to Lily.
"Yeah her name's Petunia, and she's weird. She has like four boyfriends, and all of them are fat and ugly. But Vernon's the worstest. So she likes him bestest."
"Well she can't be as bad as Damien. He screams when you say dinner, and Lorna says he's a mental case, whatever that is. But she doesn't wear shoes, so I think that she's nuts too. So what school does your sister go to again, Remie?"
"Oh, um.. it's got a confusing name, I don't remember it." answered Remus. His mum had told him not to talk about magic at school.
"Well, Damien goes to a school called Hogwarts, that I'm not supposed to, oops." Said Morgan, "Hey you guys wanna go on the jungle gym?" she the asked, changing the subject.
"'Kay." they answered and went on to play on the jungle gym.
Nap time! James and Sirius decided it would be, erm, funny to switch Remus' pillow with a(VERY BIG) water balloon, so it would pop went he put his head on it. They also put itching powder on Lily and Morgan's mat. (A/N I don't know where two five-year-old boys got itching powder, but it was the only thing I could come up with. And come on its James and Sirius, do we even want to know? Oh and sorry if this is like really corny, but I never had a nap time in school.)
When Mrs. Gendron told them it was nap time, everyone was eager to go and lay down, even if it wasn't long enough to get a good nap. Once everyone else had laid down, Remus put his head on his pillow. Within five seconds the pillow exploded, and Remus was soaking wet.
He sat strait up, fully embarrassed. James and Sirius roared with laughter. Morgan and Lily glared at them, while scratching themselves, because of the itching powder.
"Alright, who did this?" asked Mrs. Gendron, still using her kind voice, after she handed a towel to Remus, so he could dry off. "It's alright, I'm not mad, and I'm sure that Remus isn't either, so will whoever did this please just tell me," There were a few minutes of silence. "Okay," began Mrs. Gendron, her temper rising now, "If the person who did this doesn't tell me soon, I'll have to write to your Mummy and Daddy."
Sirius shot an apologetic look at James before, he raised his hand, he DID NOT want his mother, of all people, to find out that he'd misbehaved. Especially since it took him six months to talk her into letting him go.
"Thank you for being responsible, Sirius. Now, please apologize to Remus." Said Mrs. Gendron.
"I'm sorry." Sirius said, although reluctantly.
"Its okay." answered Remus.
Two Years Later
Remus Lupin lie unconscious on a bed in hospital room 304 in London. His father had gotten drunk again, and had gone after poor Remus with a knife. Remus had lost a lot of blood, and the doctors weren't sure if he would make it.
Ricki, Mrs. Lupin, Morgan, and Lily all sat in the hospital room, praying for his life. Ricki couldn't take the waiting much longer, and got up to get a drink from the waiting room.
When she arrived in the waiting room, she was crying again. She couldn't lose Remus, he was her whole world. If she lost him, she wouldn't be able to live. He had to survive.
Ricki heard the radio, but it sound sounded like it was from a distance. Ricki soon realized that it was a country radio station, and decided to see if she could calm down a little if she listened to some music.
"And here is Sherrie Austin in the number 3 stop this week, with The Streets of Heaven." She heard the announcer say, as the opening music for the song began to play.
(A/N Remember this song for later. It will come in handy in my other fic.)
'Isn't Remus' room 304?' thought Ricki.
The tears were forming in Ricki's eyes as she heard this. The little girl in the song was so much like Remus, his seventh birthday had only been a week before.
Ricki suddenly remembered Remus telling her that he wanted to marry his mother when he grew up, and that he'd love to learn to ride a horse. She remembered asking him what he'd wished for on his birthday, but he said that if he told, it wouldn't come true. She silently wished that, whatever the wish had been, it had come true, because it might not have another chance.
The secretary walked over to Ricki, patted her on the back, and told that she should get some sleep. So, Ricki got up and slowly walked toward room 304. When she checked her watch, she saw that it was nearly two a.m.
When she walked in the room, she saw Remus stir, then open his eyes. He looked around at all of them, the asked why he was there. As Mrs. Lupin explained Ricki thought, 'It's okay, God, you don't have to hold his hand, he'll be just fine, cause he isn't leaving anytime soon.' Ricki, then, crossed the room and gave Remus a huge hug.
(A/N Okay, I'm sorry for all the Remus torture. I'm not sure why I'm doing this to him, he's like my favorite character. So I'm sorry, but I got the idea, then I wrote it down, then I typed it, then I put it here, then you read this far to hear the author ramble on and on about pointless things that you don't care about in the least because you want to read on in the story, which, I conveniently, haven't written yet because I'm too busy writing this pointless authors note, which you are still reading because you have nothing better to do than to listen to a thirteen-year-old-girl ramble on and on and on and on and on...etc, about pointless things and you will soon scroll down and wonder why you even clicked on this fic, but then you try to read more and there is more, but you'll have to tell me what it s because I have no idea, because I'm still writing this stupid authors note, and you are still reading this odd, dumb, pointless, boring, extremely long, idiotic stream of a sentence, which I haven't finished writing yet, and that you haven't finished reading yet, because you're still here staring at your computer screen wondering what kind of a moron would sit there writing this, ME! Okay just trying to cheer you up a little after the evil tear-jerking part that I just wrote, while crying myself, because I'm a very pitiful little person. It won't get bad for a little while, so, enjoy as I torture Sirius with his evil mummy!)
Two Years Later
A nine year old Remus sat at his kitchen table doing his math homework. After about ten minutes he had finished, he was a very intelligent boy.
He got up to put his homework in his backpack, when the phone rang. "Hello," he answered.
"Hi, is Remus there?" asked the voice on the other end.
"This is, who's this?" asked Remus.
"Oh, this is Lily. I called to ask if you got the note about the PTA mum road trip. Did you?"
"No. Why?" asked Remus slowly.
"Because, your mum is coming and my mum is coming, and Morgan's mum is too. Oh and so is Sirius'." answered Lily.
'Oh, yippy a weekend with Mrs. Black, just what I need.' thought Remus.
Road Trip!
(A/N I just put the mum's names in so, when they talk to each other, you'll know who's talking to who. Oh, and I'm not sure if they have Highways in the UK, but they do in here, as you will see if you be a good little reviewer and read on. Oh, and If you're from the UK, please write and tell me if Highways are real there. I'll stop rambling now.)
The trip so far had been, well, horrible. The kids were board, and fighting. The mothers were all arguing with Mrs. Black that it would not be quicker to drive to the airport, send Sirius on a flight for Mexico, and then drive to their Hotel. She just wanted to get rid of Sirius.
Then, about two hours into the car ride all of the kids began to sing, "1,000 Bottles of Beer on the Wall." When the reached 454 bottles of beer, Mrs. Black had, had enough, and demanded that the pull the car over. Thankfully Mrs. Evans, who was driving, saw a gas station up ahead.
The four mothers and their child/children had stopped at a nearby gas station. All of the kids were running to a playground next door. James had found a jump-rope, and was now chasing Morgan with it, using it like a lasso.
"Mum!" Morgan yelled, as James nearly missed her.
"James, do not lasso your sister!" Yelled Samantha Potter.
"Aww, but mum." said James, as he put the jump-rope down.
Novelee Black, Sirius' mum, was NOT enjoying herself, and was still wondering why the hell she joined the PTA. A football (soccer ball for Americans, like me) rolled by her foot. She sneakily picked it up, still wanting revenge from the 1000 Bottles of Beer thing, and tossed it in the middle of the highway. "Look children," yelled Mrs. Black, "The ball is in the middle of the highway, go get it!"
"Should I be afraid of her?" asked Rosemary Evans, quietly.
"Yes," answered Samantha.
"Very," added Amanda Lupin.
Suddenly, as Mrs. Black saw a semi-truck coming she screamed, "SIRIUS BLACK, GET YOUR ASS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT HIGHWAY!"
"Yes mum," Sirius mumbled, then he turned to Mrs. Potter and said, "Help."
Mrs. Potter grabbed Sirius' wrist, and yanked him out of the road. "C'mon kids, we've still got an hour before we get there."
Trips Over
(A/N Sorry I don't have any ideas for a trip, I just wanted to give Remus a break from being tortured by the evil authoress that it me. And I wanted to trap people in a car with Mrs. Black. Oh well, here comes more Remus torture.)
Remus was sitting in the kitchen, at nine o'clock, on a Friday night, talking to Lily on the phone. Morgan was spending the night at Lily's and was yelling at Remus to get his butt over there, as he was invited too.
Lily had said something about renting a movie, when Remus heard a noise that told Remus that his father was home. Remus was about to tell Lily that he would have to call her back in a bit, but was sent flying into the wall before he could get the words out.
"Hello? Remus? Hello...are you still there?" asked Lily.
Remus' father picked up the phone, "Why hello, Lily. Do you remember me?" he asked in a sneering voice, though the words slurred together, he had just arrived home from the bar.
Lily gasped, she had met Remus' father once before, and almost broke her arm because of him. "What have you done to Remus?" Lily demanded, sounding stronger than she felt.
But instead of replying, Mr. Lupin threw the phone on the table, not bothering to hang it up. He turned on Remus, who was still struggling to get up. For trying to get up, Remus received a kick in the side, and a punch in the stomach. Mr. Lupin then picked Remus up by the collar of his shirt, and roughly threw him downstairs.
Although Remus was sure that his leg was broken, he crawled up the stairs, only to find his father waiting for him. After two blows to the stomach, and one to the head, Remus was thrown into the counter, were a knife lay. Remus felt a sharp point pierce his side, but stayed silent.
Mr. Lupin knocked Remus to the floor, and stepped on his wrist absently. There was a sickening crack. And for the first time since the beating had began, Remus cried out. He went to hit Remus again, but was forced backward, into the living room. The door shut and locked itself behind him.
And all the time Lily stayed on the phone.
Remus whimpered softly, and saw that the phone was off the receiver. Slowly, using only his right arm, and left leg, he crawled toward the table, to pick up the phone.
"Hello? Lily?" Remus asked weakly.
"Remus, oh my God! What happened to you?" Lily asked franticly.
"Lily, what's going on?" Morgan asked at Lily's house.
"Nothing, I should be alright." Remus answered Lily.
"Remus, you don't sound alright, you soundly like your dad beat you up again. Tell me what happened!"
"He did." Remus answered, but very quietly, so Lily barely heard him.
"Are you hurt?"
"Not really," Remus lied. He hated lying to people, especially his friends. Plus he couldn't tell a good lie if his life depended on it.
"Remus, I can tell your lying."
"Alright, I think my wrist is broken, and I know that my right leg is broken, and maybe one of my ribs." He answered, giving up on covering it up. He didn't say that he was bleeding heavily from about ten different places on his body, including the underside of his wrist, that he had a black eye, or that it hurt to breathe.
Lily gasped, knowing that he was in horrible pain right now, "Remus, I want you to hang up with me and call for an ambulance." said Lily firmly. (A/N I was going to put 911, but I don't think that that's the emergency number in the UK.)
"No, Lily I'll..." But she cut him off.
"Remus Lupin, hang up with me and call for help."
But Remus couldn't hear her, he had passed out in a pool of his own blood.
"That's it Remus, we're coming to get you." said Lily, when Remus didn't answer her. Lily hung up the phone, and grabbed her coat, motioning the Morgan do the same.
"What happened? Is he alright?" Morgan asked panicking.
"I don't know, but I think that Remus is hurt." When they reached Lily's front door she called to her mother, "Mum, we're going to get Remus, we'll be back in a little bit."
The two girls ran as fast as their legs would carry them over towards Remus' house.
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