A Childhood of a Monster: As Told By Rita Skeeter
Remus Lupin was five years old when he got bitten by a werewolf. His parents, Jessica and Terrence, had insulted Greyback-a very famous werewolf. As a result, Lupin, now 38, is one himself. This is his story, told by me: Rita Skeeter. Without my savage quill, and with my own...I write the truth.
Jessica and Terrence were both top in their grade. Jessica was from Ravenclaw, and Terrence from Hufflepuff. They were Head Boy and Girl, that is how they met. This is where the story starts. Terrence was shy and had barely any friends, while Jessica was outrageous. From head to toe, she always wore something that looked like fun to wear. Jessica liked Terrence from the start. "His square glasses looked good on his face," she told me one Saturday evening. Terrence, on the other hand, was terrified of her. "Her purple and pink hair did scare me quite a bit," he replied when I asked what his first impression was. Jessica was never brave, always just doing what she was good at. Finally, when the year was almost over, she asked him out. "I thought I was going to die," she says, "he seemed so terrified." But, Terrence, who had never had a girl like him said yes. They dated for the next three years. "I never knew Terrence well," says half-giant Rubeus Hagrid, "But Jessica sure 'ad class. Near the end o' the year they were always wit' each othah." Coming up to the fourth year of dating, Jessica found out that she was pregnant and she and Terrence were immediately married. "The wedding was splendid. They had hired Redulas Merreim's Orchestra to play at it. Also, they charmed ice statues not to melt. It was excellent," Professor Albus Dumbledore told me as we had a bite to eat in Hogsmeade. Eight months later, in February, Remus J. Lupin was born.