The Lake Of Misery
"Mum! We're going down to the lake!" I yelled as my friends Peggy and Julian and I raced out of the house.
"Alright! But be back before dark, Remus!" Called my mother through the open window.
We dashed across the dirt road towards the woods, on the other side of which lay the wolf lake. I've been doing this (dashing across the road and through those thick woods in which you couldn't two feet ahead of yourself) for all eight years I've ever walked on this planet.
Out neighborhood was one of that safest in town. The were absolutely NO dangerous creatures in the woods, muggle OR magic. No werewolves or giant spiders. No bears or just plain wolfs. And all the neighbors were extremely friendly, so you didn't worry about someone putting a curse on your kid for having a loud party the night before. It was considered paradise!
SPLASH! I jumped into the cool, summer waters of the wolf lake. Why it was called the wolf lake, was a mystery to us all. One that we always tried to solve. There were never any wolfs here, not in out generation, at least. At it was shaped more like a blob that you could imagine to be anything but a wolf. There were stories that the first werewolf had been born by this lake, that that's why it's been named that. Or that long ago this forest was roamed ONLY by wolfs. But no one knew that real answer.
"Hey! Remus! Julian! Watch this!" Called Peggy, who was standing on the top branch of a black tree that was lazingly leaning over the water. "One! Two! THREE!!" She dived, but at the same moment, Julian pushed me to the side and I was the one who ended up breaking Peggy's fall.
"Ouch!" She cried. Hysterical laugher broke between us, enough to scare all the wolves that ever roamed to forest.
"I wish every day was summer vacation!" Said Julian as we calmed down.
"But then you'd have nothing to wait the whole year!"
Shadows were beginning to fall, but we still stayed at he lake, enjoying ourselves, seeing who could hold their breath the longest, or who had more nerve then other by diving from higher and higher branches. I remember this as the best times of my childhood. I was only eight, and had no worries in my life. I had nothing to hide. No big decisions to make. Sometimes I wish I could go back to this careless time.
As the sky turned from scarlet to darkish blue, Peggy noticed the time.
"We should go back." She said. "It's getting dark."
"You scared?" Asked Julian, looking as serious as ever even though he was just teasing.
"No…"
"Then why bother?!" I yelled as Julian and I grabbed her feet and pulled her down.
"Very funny." She mumbled, coughing. "C'mon. We gotta go back."
"Fine, fine…"
We climbed out and started making out way back, taking as slowly as possible, to enjoy the moment and to irritate Peggy. It's usually a thirty minuet walk, twenty-three minuet run, back to my house. By not, it was completely dark, if not for the moon that was lighting our way. Suddenly, we herd a near by bush ruffle.
"What was that?" Asked Peggy, turning around.
"Probably a rabbit." Replied Julian. We stopped.
"Let's go see!"
We walked over, and herd a soft whining sound. Rabbits don't whine, do they?" But we weren't worried. Lightwood was the safest place in England! I moved a wide leaf aside to see what was hiding behind the bush.
"Oh! It's so cute!" Cried Peggy.
It was cute. A little puppy, curled up in a ball, it's eyes filled with sadness, was looking up at us.
"I wonder how it got here."
"Probably got lost. No one would abandon a cutie like this."
"Let's take it home!" I suggested. I leaned forward to pick it up. It snapped.
"OUCH!" I cried.
"Remus, are you ok?
"Yeah. It bit me." I watched the blood run down my finger.
"Let's hurry up."
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"Mum! Dad! Look what we found!" I yelled, kicking the door open and dashing into the house, holding the puppy up in the air.
"Remus! How many times have I told you not to bring stray animals into the house!"
"It's alright, Mum. It's only a dog."
"Yes, Sarah." Said my dad looking up from the book that he was reading. "Remus is going to put him outside right now, aren't you Remus?"
"Well… I was wondering if we could keep? Please?"
"Remus! You know you sister is allergic to dogs." Suddenly, my dad jumped from his chair, and ran over to me, muttering, "oh my god…oh no…"
"What's wrong, dear?"
"Sarah, goodness, Sarah… Snout turned down. Teeth larger. Ears pointing in… Goodness, Sarah…" My mother made a squeaking noise, and jumped out of her chair, too. I didn't understand why? And what was all this mumbling from my dad. I've never before in my eight years on this planet have seen him so scared.
"Daddy? Are you alright?" My dad yelled some weird words, waved his wand, and the puppy I was holding was ripped out of my arms and was shot out of the door. I gave a little scream. "What'd you do that for?!" With another wave of his wand, my dad shot the door. My mother ran over to embrace me.
"Daddy? Mum?"
"Remus, darling, sweetie, please tell me, did that puppy by any chance bite you?" She asked standing up.
"Well, it did, but it didn't hurt at all! It was just my finger, and it was really scared! Can I go get it now? It's really cold outside!" My mother fell on the floor in a faint. My dad looked like someone had died. "Mum! Mummy! Mummy, are you ok?!"
"Remus, go to bed. We'll talk in the morning…"
A/N: Well, here it is. My first fan fic ever! And I actually think it's pretty good, too. Please review. I MIGHT make this a series. Depends on weather you guys like it or not.
Disclaimer: So far, only Remus belongs to JKR. Peggy, Julian, And Remus's family are all MINE! MUWAHAHAHAHAHA!
