Year One
~*~Chapter One~*~
Story told by: Remus Lupin
I woke up groggily.My head felt like it was sleeping on a bolt, it hurts so badly.I walked to the kitchen only to see Mom crying happily and my Dad smiling widely.Wondering what was up, I walked over to them.Mom was holding a roll of parchment and Dad was holding a newspaper which I recognized as the Dailey Prophet.
Ignoring my headache, I walked over to them and asked,"What's wrong?"
"Albus Dumbledore has been appointed Headmaster!"Dad boomed, smiling proudly."Great man, he is!"
I looked at Mom and Dad, confused at why Mom was crying.If Dumbledore was a great man, why was Mom crying?Or was it about Dumbledore?
Mom stopped crying enough to read the parchment she was holding aloud:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster:Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Mr. Lupin,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry under special curcumstances.Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.Terms begin on September 1.We await your owl by no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress
Mom bursted into tears, again.She started hugging Dad, who was beaming at me.
"I told you he was a great man!"He said.
I looked at them, both confused and excited."I'm going to Hogwarts?!"There was actually a ray of hope.
If for some reason you do not know, the reason why I probably wouldn't have been admitted to Hogwarts is because I'm a werewolf.Yes, a werewolf.Dad would lock me in the cellar on full moons because there was no cure.None at all.But how will Dumbledore keep me under control at Hogwarts?How?That question kept running over my head.If I bit anyone, I would be expelled for sure.
That afternoon, Mom and I went shopping while Dad was at work.He works for the Experimental Charms Committee.We bought all of my books and items, including an owl Mom bought me for a gift for being admitted to Hogwarts with the extra money she pulled out of Gringotts Bank.The owl was a tawny one.After shopping, we went to Florean Flortesque's Ice Cream shop where we got ice cream sundaes and talked a while.
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September kicked August in the stomach faster than anyone could say Quidditch, so September the first came like a bolt of lightning.Mom cried while hugging me and Dad just beamed at me.
I boarded the train, waving at them, feeling close to tears myself.I walked around the train looking for an empty compartment.I finally found one in the back and sat.In five minutes, the train wistled and started moving.I sat back, looking at Mom and Dad through the window.
They disapparated fter waving to me one last time.After ten minutes, I decided to pull out a book.But before I could reach my trunk, the com-partment door slid open.Two boys stroded in, grinning widely.
"Wait until those fifth years find out what I put by their seats!"one said.
"I put one in a sixth year's trunk!"the other said.They both laughed.
Then, seeing me, the first boy said,"Do you mind if we sit here?"
I shook my head and said,"No, I don't mind,"then, not to be nosy, but out of curiosity, I asked,"What did you put by their seats and in a trunk?"
But before they could reply, I heard a small BANG!.
"There went the sixth year's trunk!"the first one said.
After another BANG!, the second said,"There went the one by the seats!
"Filibuster Fireworks,"the first said."Water ignited, fire ignited, just about anything can ignite it!"
Then the second said,"I beleive we forgot to introduce ourselves."
"I'm James Potter!"
"And I'm Sirius Black!"
I grinned then said,"Hi, my name is Remus Lupin."
On most of the train ride, we played wizarding chess.James nd Sirius would always beat me, but I didn't care.I had friends who didn't caare for who I was, except for the fact they didn't know.In two hours, a witch came through with a cart carrying goods.
We jumped up and bought things.I used my remaining money for Cauldron Cakes and Pumpkin Pasties along with Bertie's Every Flavor Jelly Beans.When they say every flavor, they mean every flavor.I ate one that tasted suspisiously like water and another one tasted like cotton, or some kind of fabric.
"So, what house do you want to be in?"James asked me.
"House?"I aksed."What do you mean?"
"There are four Houses in Hogwarts,"Sirius explained."You get chosen into a House somehow.The four Houses are Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff.They are named after four of the greatest wizard who built the castle.Me and James want to be in Gryffindor."
"If I get in Slytherin, I'm going to take the train home,"James said in a dark tone.
"Why?"I asked, curious.
"Well, you see, Slytherin has a certain reputation,"Sirius said."Almost all of the people who go into Slytherin turn out in the end to be supporters of You-Know-Who."
My heart lept.You-Know-Who is what most people call this man who is a very Dark wizard.He kills Muggles, wizards and witches.People are scared to say his real name.
James and Sirius looked at each other darkly."I bet Snape is going to be in Slytherin,"James said.
"So, how do we get chosen in the Houses?"I asked.
"I don't know,"James said."I heard you had to wrestle Trolls or maybe even knock-out a werewolf."
I froze.Did they have to mention werewolves?They must not have noticed because James said,"How about a game of wizarding chess?"
I happily agreed, glad to get of the subject of werewolves.Speaking of werewolves, how was Dumbledore going to control me when I transform?I couldn't think of any way besides being locked up in a cellar.I don't think they would lock me up in a room in Hogwarts.They wouldn't want the place all ripped and torn up like the cellar is at home.
When it was only two hours until we arrived at Hogwarts, I think, the compartment door slid open and a boy with greasey hair and a crooked nose walked in.He smirked at us.
"What do you want, Snape?"James said, furiously.
"I just wanted to see who put a Flobberworm in my pocket that ate the hole in it,"Snape replied."I just had a suspision that Potter and Black put it there, that's it."
Sirius ignored him and took my Bishop in wizarding chess while James put up a storm.
"You have no evidence that we ever did do it!"James said."It was just probably a seventh year!"
"Yeah, right,"Snape said sarcastically, walking out of the compartment.
"We didn't do it,"Sirius told me."We don't do pathetic things like that.It was probably an older student wanting to play tricks on the first years.Me and James usually do Filibuster Fireworks, exploding bookmarks, thing like that."
"I just wish Snape would get off our backs,"James said, glaring at the compartment door as if it had accused him of doing something.
For the rest of the trip, we played Exploding Snap and Gobblestones.A wizard's voice boomed through the train shouting,"The train will be arriving in fifteen minutes!Put on your robes and leave your trunks inside the train!You will get them after the feast!Thank you!"
My stomach did a flip-flop.We are almost at Hogwarts.We slipped our robes over our clothes and walked out of the train.A large man about half the size of a troll, but he didn't look like one, was calling,"Firs' years!Firs' years over here!Firs' years!"
We went by the man.He told the first years to get on the rafts by the lake.We got on one.The man got on one and said something.The rafts sped through the lake.When we got to the castle, there was a chorus of "OOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"s.The castle was large and had an eerie look to it.
The man knocked on the door and a young-looking witch opened the tall doors.
"Thank you, Hagrid, I'll take them from here,"she said.
"Okay, Professor McGonagall,"Hagrid said, walking away from the frightened first years.All of us went into a large room.A bunch of students were sitting at four different tables.
I looked up.The ceiling looked exactly like the sky, as if there was no ceiling.McGonagall put an old, dirt, frayed hat on the stool in front of the first years.The other years looked at it eagerly.
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Well, that's the first chapter!How did you like it?Please reveiw!!!Do you know how long it takes to write these things?
~*~Chapter One~*~
Story told by: Remus Lupin
I woke up groggily.My head felt like it was sleeping on a bolt, it hurts so badly.I walked to the kitchen only to see Mom crying happily and my Dad smiling widely.Wondering what was up, I walked over to them.Mom was holding a roll of parchment and Dad was holding a newspaper which I recognized as the Dailey Prophet.
Ignoring my headache, I walked over to them and asked,"What's wrong?"
"Albus Dumbledore has been appointed Headmaster!"Dad boomed, smiling proudly."Great man, he is!"
I looked at Mom and Dad, confused at why Mom was crying.If Dumbledore was a great man, why was Mom crying?Or was it about Dumbledore?
Mom stopped crying enough to read the parchment she was holding aloud:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster:Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Mr. Lupin,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry under special curcumstances.Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.Terms begin on September 1.We await your owl by no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress
Mom bursted into tears, again.She started hugging Dad, who was beaming at me.
"I told you he was a great man!"He said.
I looked at them, both confused and excited."I'm going to Hogwarts?!"There was actually a ray of hope.
If for some reason you do not know, the reason why I probably wouldn't have been admitted to Hogwarts is because I'm a werewolf.Yes, a werewolf.Dad would lock me in the cellar on full moons because there was no cure.None at all.But how will Dumbledore keep me under control at Hogwarts?How?That question kept running over my head.If I bit anyone, I would be expelled for sure.
That afternoon, Mom and I went shopping while Dad was at work.He works for the Experimental Charms Committee.We bought all of my books and items, including an owl Mom bought me for a gift for being admitted to Hogwarts with the extra money she pulled out of Gringotts Bank.The owl was a tawny one.After shopping, we went to Florean Flortesque's Ice Cream shop where we got ice cream sundaes and talked a while.
~*~
September kicked August in the stomach faster than anyone could say Quidditch, so September the first came like a bolt of lightning.Mom cried while hugging me and Dad just beamed at me.
I boarded the train, waving at them, feeling close to tears myself.I walked around the train looking for an empty compartment.I finally found one in the back and sat.In five minutes, the train wistled and started moving.I sat back, looking at Mom and Dad through the window.
They disapparated fter waving to me one last time.After ten minutes, I decided to pull out a book.But before I could reach my trunk, the com-partment door slid open.Two boys stroded in, grinning widely.
"Wait until those fifth years find out what I put by their seats!"one said.
"I put one in a sixth year's trunk!"the other said.They both laughed.
Then, seeing me, the first boy said,"Do you mind if we sit here?"
I shook my head and said,"No, I don't mind,"then, not to be nosy, but out of curiosity, I asked,"What did you put by their seats and in a trunk?"
But before they could reply, I heard a small BANG!.
"There went the sixth year's trunk!"the first one said.
After another BANG!, the second said,"There went the one by the seats!
"Filibuster Fireworks,"the first said."Water ignited, fire ignited, just about anything can ignite it!"
Then the second said,"I beleive we forgot to introduce ourselves."
"I'm James Potter!"
"And I'm Sirius Black!"
I grinned then said,"Hi, my name is Remus Lupin."
On most of the train ride, we played wizarding chess.James nd Sirius would always beat me, but I didn't care.I had friends who didn't caare for who I was, except for the fact they didn't know.In two hours, a witch came through with a cart carrying goods.
We jumped up and bought things.I used my remaining money for Cauldron Cakes and Pumpkin Pasties along with Bertie's Every Flavor Jelly Beans.When they say every flavor, they mean every flavor.I ate one that tasted suspisiously like water and another one tasted like cotton, or some kind of fabric.
"So, what house do you want to be in?"James asked me.
"House?"I aksed."What do you mean?"
"There are four Houses in Hogwarts,"Sirius explained."You get chosen into a House somehow.The four Houses are Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff.They are named after four of the greatest wizard who built the castle.Me and James want to be in Gryffindor."
"If I get in Slytherin, I'm going to take the train home,"James said in a dark tone.
"Why?"I asked, curious.
"Well, you see, Slytherin has a certain reputation,"Sirius said."Almost all of the people who go into Slytherin turn out in the end to be supporters of You-Know-Who."
My heart lept.You-Know-Who is what most people call this man who is a very Dark wizard.He kills Muggles, wizards and witches.People are scared to say his real name.
James and Sirius looked at each other darkly."I bet Snape is going to be in Slytherin,"James said.
"So, how do we get chosen in the Houses?"I asked.
"I don't know,"James said."I heard you had to wrestle Trolls or maybe even knock-out a werewolf."
I froze.Did they have to mention werewolves?They must not have noticed because James said,"How about a game of wizarding chess?"
I happily agreed, glad to get of the subject of werewolves.Speaking of werewolves, how was Dumbledore going to control me when I transform?I couldn't think of any way besides being locked up in a cellar.I don't think they would lock me up in a room in Hogwarts.They wouldn't want the place all ripped and torn up like the cellar is at home.
When it was only two hours until we arrived at Hogwarts, I think, the compartment door slid open and a boy with greasey hair and a crooked nose walked in.He smirked at us.
"What do you want, Snape?"James said, furiously.
"I just wanted to see who put a Flobberworm in my pocket that ate the hole in it,"Snape replied."I just had a suspision that Potter and Black put it there, that's it."
Sirius ignored him and took my Bishop in wizarding chess while James put up a storm.
"You have no evidence that we ever did do it!"James said."It was just probably a seventh year!"
"Yeah, right,"Snape said sarcastically, walking out of the compartment.
"We didn't do it,"Sirius told me."We don't do pathetic things like that.It was probably an older student wanting to play tricks on the first years.Me and James usually do Filibuster Fireworks, exploding bookmarks, thing like that."
"I just wish Snape would get off our backs,"James said, glaring at the compartment door as if it had accused him of doing something.
For the rest of the trip, we played Exploding Snap and Gobblestones.A wizard's voice boomed through the train shouting,"The train will be arriving in fifteen minutes!Put on your robes and leave your trunks inside the train!You will get them after the feast!Thank you!"
My stomach did a flip-flop.We are almost at Hogwarts.We slipped our robes over our clothes and walked out of the train.A large man about half the size of a troll, but he didn't look like one, was calling,"Firs' years!Firs' years over here!Firs' years!"
We went by the man.He told the first years to get on the rafts by the lake.We got on one.The man got on one and said something.The rafts sped through the lake.When we got to the castle, there was a chorus of "OOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"s.The castle was large and had an eerie look to it.
The man knocked on the door and a young-looking witch opened the tall doors.
"Thank you, Hagrid, I'll take them from here,"she said.
"Okay, Professor McGonagall,"Hagrid said, walking away from the frightened first years.All of us went into a large room.A bunch of students were sitting at four different tables.
I looked up.The ceiling looked exactly like the sky, as if there was no ceiling.McGonagall put an old, dirt, frayed hat on the stool in front of the first years.The other years looked at it eagerly.
~*~
Well, that's the first chapter!How did you like it?Please reveiw!!!Do you know how long it takes to write these things?