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Spoilers: Order of the Phoenix

There is no cure. Four little words that ruined my life. There is no cure. No cure for the werewolf's bite.

I was brought to St. Mungo's after I was attacked in a dark alleyway one night about two weeks ago. They performed all sorts of tests on me and finally decided that I had been attacked and stained with the mark of the wolf.

The doctors all tried to be kind to me about it. They told me I could still live like I used to. But I know they're wrong. I'll never be the same.

And that stupid Ministry wizard in the bed next to me. He jabbered on about how he had a close friend who was a werewolf and he lived a full life. I did not want to listen to that garbage so I told him to shut up or I'd bite him. I didn't believe a word he said. The Ministry hates werewolves. No one who was part of it would have a werewolf as a friend.

I spent the next few days wallowing in self-pity on my hospital bed. The nurses said I could walk around, but I didn't want to see anyone. I didn't want them to know I was unclean.

Then the Ministry wizard, that Weasley man, got a group of visitors. Watching them all talk and laugh with each other made me jealous. I wished more than anything that I could switch places with Weasley, that I could be human again.

Then one of the people sat down in the chair next to my bed. He was a young man, but tired looking with graying hair. But when he smiled at me, the premature years seemed to fall off of him. "Hi." He said, "My name is Remus."

Remus was a young, active man with many friends. Imagine how shocked I was when he told me that he was a werewolf too. We spent hours talking. He told me stories about his experiences, different spells and potions that could help make life a little easier, and pretty much everything I'm going to need to know if I'm going to continue on with my life. After that chat, I believe I will. I am on my way out for a bit of a stroll around the hospital now.

I believe Remus and I will be fast friends.