I moan and sit up shaking my head. I can hear my parents breathing on the other side of the door, which is barricaded as usual. They find a way to lock me in my room so I can't get out. Of course I understand why. It's for their safety as well as mine. I have a dark secret you see? I'm a werewolf. I go through a painful transformation once a month at each full moon.
Sighing, I get up and look around for my pajama pants. "Damn." I whisper to myself as I look around in my room, which like always, is completely destroyed. No matter, my father will fix everything. Rolling my eyes, I grab a pair of pants instead and pull them on, wincing as I button them. Aches are normal after transformations. "Mum! Dad!" I call and knock, hearing them stir on the other side. "Remus? Darling?" That's mum. "I'm bleeding…." I tell them looking at my gashed reflection in the broken mirror hanging on the wall.
After being patched up by my mum, and fed, I go to the living room where my father is talking to someone. I head in and stop dead in my tracks. It's Dumbledore. I've seen his picture in the paper. "Hello Remus…." He says calmly. I try and say hi back but stammer instead as I play with my hands. "Say hello son…" I look at my father and gulp. "He-Hello…." I mutter under my breath. Oh great, he's here to tell me what I've been dreading since I've understood my condition. I won't be allowed at Hogwarts, it's too dangerous.
"Sit down Remus…" Dumbledore tells me calmly. I scratch my hands up and sit between my parents, allowing my mother to stop me by taking a hold of my hand. "I won't be going will I?" I ask him as tears form in my eyes. I look at the floor waiting for him to say I can't, but to my surprise he doesn't. Instead, he pulls out a thick parchment envelope. I take it from him when he offers it to me. My hands shake as I open it and extract the letter from it addressed to me. The tears slide down as a smile forms on my scratched up face as I read the letter.
Dear Mr. Lupin
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
I read the first line over and over again, not able to read any further. I can't believe it. I'm going to Hogwarts.