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Chapter 1

His parents had hoped that he would have forgotten that night, he was only five. But now at ten, Remus Lupin still has nightmares reliving the cursed event each night.

May 13th, 1965

It was a peaceful crisp autumn night and the stars were hidden by the powerful glow of the full moon. Remus was asleep in his bed when suddenly around midnight, the malicious werewolf, Fenrir Greyback, powerfully broke through his window. Glass shattered everywhere and Remus woke up screaming. Little Remus looked at Greyback in pure terror and he wet himself.

His body was covered in patches of grey fur and scars. He had the anatomy of a deadly human-wolf crossbreed. His head was a wolf's, equipped with long ears, long canines as sharp as razors, and human eyes. Greyback paused and looked at the trembling boy before him, and smiled before lunging and scratching him across his chest. Remus cried in pain. He lifted his paw, aiming for his neck. Before he released his claws to finish Remus's short life, Remus's father barged in the door and screamed "Confingo" as he discharged his magic from his wand. The force was so powerful that it caused Greyback to fly out the broken window, and ran back into the woods. Mr. Lupin saw his son's injuries and said while holding back his tears "It's all going to be okay my dear boy. Go to sleep. Dormisious"

Remus's childhood was anything but normal, for obvious reasons. To minimize exposure, his family moved to the countryside to North-Eastern England, and his father never reported the incident to the Ministry of Magic. Remus's loving muggle mother home schooled him and his father picked up a muggle job in the mines. He was hardly ever let near other children, as his parents worried he would tell them of his secret. So he past endless days by entertaining himself with reading, writing, and playing the piano.

Every full moon, his parents would lock him in a cellar his father built in the basement, and put a silencing charm on the walls so neighbors wouldn't hear. The mornings after were always the worst part because the beast would leave gashes and bruises over Remus's body. Luckily, his werewolf genes allowed him to heal quicker than a wizard would.

Though Remus's parents couldn't hear his beastly transformation, each full moon night they would lay awake, both silently crying. They knew that were-people were hated and not trusted by the magic community. So, Remus would live a painful life of discrimination. For that reason, they thought it would be best to avoid the wizarding community as a whole, including sending Remus to Hogwarts.

However, Dumbledore was disheartened by this news. He had became aware of Remus's situation because his spies in the werewolf community heard Greyback bragging about his work. So, Dumbledore unexpectedly came to the Lupin household on a cloudy June day of 1971. He walked past Mr. and Mrs. Lupin's who were trying to send him away, and sat with Remus in the living room.

"Dumbledore, please, we are positive that Hogwarts is not the right place for Remus. He's safer here." Mr. Lupin whispered in his ear. Remus however heard every word because of his advanced hearing. He became excited because he once had found his father's picture album from his schooling years. Oh how I'd love to go to Hogwarts. He thought

"Mr. Lupin, it is my belief that Remus would love it at Hogwarts, and his education would strive there. Plus I am ready to make accommodations for his transformations." Dumbledore whispered back. Lupin blushed. And his dad froze.

"You. . . know." Mr. Lupin said quietly.

"Yes. and I'm pretty sure that Remus would appreciate if we stop whispering. You can hear us anyway, right?" Dumbledore still hushed, he and Mr. Lupin turned to Remus. Remus shyly nodded.

"But, it still doesn't seem safe. I mean people are so prejudiced against. . . his people, and if they would find out, they would outcast him and the Ministry of Magic may lock him up." Mr. Lupin said. Remus sighed, Dad will never let me go.

"They won't find out. Only some highly trusted faculty will know of his condition, and we will trust Remus to not broadcast his condition."

"You said there's somewhere safe for him to transform?" Mrs. Lupins asked nervously.

"Yes, there's a secret tunnel under the whomping willow that leads to a safe room in Hogsmeade. He will have complete privacy. And in the mornings after, we have a nurse to patch him up again." said Dumbledore as he winked at Remus. Mr. and Mrs. Lupin dismissed themselves to their bedroom so they could discuss the matter. Please Mum and Dad, let me go! I can't spend my entire life locked in a house.

When they returned, Mr. Lupin took a knee before Remus and took his hands. "Well Remus, since you are growing up so fast, you're nearly a man you know, and it's your life, your mother and I think that you should decide."

"Yes, I really do want to go." Remus said immediately.

Dumbledore reached in his robe's pocket and grabbed an ivory letter with a Hogwarts seal on it. "Mr. Remus Lupin, I would like to have the pleasure with presenting you with your acceptance letter into Hogwarts."

Remus felt tears in his eyes "Thank you so much Professor."

Author's notes:

7th of August, 2016

Hi, I'm Christylee7663. Thank you so much for reading the first chapter, and thank you for the helpful reviews. If you are first reading this, I promise the plot speeds up, and there will be a lot of conflict happening soon. I just had to put a background story in before the really fun stuff. Also, I finished the entire story so you don't need to worry about being cutoff. I am even working on Year 2 right now, found here: story/story_ =12085254&chapter=1 Thanks for reading!