Chapter 1:
Back to Hogwarts for another year. I just couldn't refuse Headmaster Dumbledore, but I still can't quite believe that he wants a werewolf for a teacher, not after what almost happened years before when I was a professor. Remus Lupin, a handsome man with dark brown hair and chocolately brown eyes, was still lost in his thoughts.
Back when he was still a child, Lupin was bitten by a werewolf and ended up becoming one. Albus Dumbledore, the great wizard of Hogwarts knew this but let him enter school just the same. There, he met the rest of the gang soon to be known as The Marauders. The group consisted of James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew.
Sirius and James were known for their exceedingly handsome looks: black hair and beautiful brown eyes. Both loved playing pranks on the Slytherins, especially one Severus Snape. But for Peter, nobody at Hogwarts could understand why he hung around with the rest of the Marauders. He was a dull ratlike creature, always bending to everyone else's wills.
But as Lord Voldemort killed James and his wife, Lily, Sirius was captured and taken to Azkaban, instead of the real culprit, Peter. Years later, Lupin was given a job by Dumbledore to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. Dumbledore actually trusted a werewolf to teach young witches and wizards. After the trials of that year, such as Sirius escaping and Peter being found, Remus resigned his position on the account of him not being able to control himself in his werewolf form. He hadn't taken his potion the night of the full moon and he couldn't take the risk of that ever happening again.
But once again, he wasn't in the position to refuse Albus Dumbledore. He had done so much that Remus couldn't refuse his asking. He was going back to Hogwarts to teach the same class he had taught before, Defense Against the Dark Arts.
It's been five years since I've last been to Hogwarts, Lupin was thinking. Harry, Ron, and Hermione had left the school five years ago and were at the moment staying with Harry's godfather, Sirius in the town of Hogsmeade. He hoped to visit with them during the Christmas holidays.
Walking through the courtyard at the school, Remus slowed when he saw Hagrid and Dumbledore strolling towards him.
"Professor Lupin, it's wonderful to have ye back. You were the best professor for the class you taught. All the others were loonies," Hagrid exclaimed.
"I agree completely with Hagrid. It is wonderful to have you back, even though I had to push and prod." The headmaster's eyes twinkled merrily as he shook Lupin's hand vigorously. "We don't need you tonight Remus, so go sneak off to Hogsmeade to visit Sirius and his guests."
After Lupin had unpacked and put his things away in his room, he took himself off to the statue that blocked the secret passageway to Hogsmeade. Once in Hogsmeade, he walked by the Shrieking Shack, barely managing to suppress a shudder, and kept walking towards Sirius's house. The Shrieking Shack was Lupin's hideaway when he was in werewolf form. At the light of the full moon, Lupin with his close pals would sneak away to the Shrieking Shack to be with Lupin during his transformation. The others Potter, Sirius, and Pettigrew had become animagi to be able to stay with him. Potter was a stag, Sirius a dog, and Pettigrew a rat, which completely suited him.
Remus noticed a new bookstore nearby Sirius's house. I've never seen this before. Well, I love reading, so I think I'll stop in before going to visit the others. Opening the door, Lupin crossed over the threshold into a bookstore containing a wide variety of wizarding books.
"Hello, can I help you search for anything?" An innocent sounding voice asked. A shy looking lady walked towards Remus. She was wearing drab blue robes with identical blue glasses. She looked the timid bookish type, with mousy brown hair. But looking at her once again, Remus noticed that she really had the loveliest eyes. They weren't blue, but a shade of blue with a dark ring near the pupil. Shaking his head, Lupin tried to get the imprint of those eyes out of his memory.
"I was just passing by and noticed the bookstore. Having never seen it before, I decided to stop in."
"Well, look around and if you need any help come find me." Replied the girl.
In the end Remus found two books he wanted, a book of dangerous beasts and another of curses. He thought that he might as well read up on the information he'd need to know for the year.
He smiled nicely at the girl, which caused her to blush profusely. "By the way, I'm Remus Lupin. You have a great selection of books here."
"I've heard of you. You're the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. I hope you're better than the others. Some of my best customers, Hermione, Harry, and Ron love telling me stories about some of the worst they've had. And I'm Violet."
"Those three eh? I taught them years ago when I was a professor at Hogwarts. Those were the brightest of the bunch. Are you good friends with them?"
"More like acquaintances, but I'm dining with them all tonight. They wanted me to meet their friend from London that's coming down for a visit."
"You've met him then. I'm the friend Sirius and them were speaking of. It was nice to meet you Violet. I'll see you at dinner then."
So, Sirius wants me to meet this Violet girl. He's probably hoping that I'll finally fall in love. But the timid types aren't my sorts. Besides that, I'm a werewolf. There's no hope in a lasting relationship.
Minutes later, Lupin was knocking on his friend's door. Sirius opened it wide and enveloped Remus in a hug. "I've missed you Moony."
"You just missed having someone play pranks with you Padfoot. I just stopped in at the bookstore and met the owner. The girl with the amazing eyes, named Violet. I heard she's coming to dinner as well."
"Well, come on inside. Dinner's almost ready." Saying that, Sirius led him inside, and Moony didn't notice that Sirius had taken out his wand, pointed to Lupin's hair, and whispered a spell. Silently laughing, Padfoot couldn't wait to see Miss Violet's expression, as she would notice Moony's new hair, a shocking rainbow of color. He had plans to set those two up as soon as he had met her. They were perfect and he only had to show Moony that a werewolf could love. Grinning widely, he silently hummed a few lines of the wedding march.