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*I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER. CREDIT GOES TO J. K. ROWLING!*

A small, skinny boy boarded the Hogwarts express, not knowing he would start one of the worst years of his life. He had no friends, nor did he really want any. Remus Lupin never really was a fan of socializing with other kids his age, probably because his parents never let he was heading down the train isle, looking for an empty seat, someone threw a wad of paper at him. He picked it up and shoved it into his pocket knowing it was probably an insult. Eventually he came to a compartment that only had two black haired boys in it.

"Ummm, can I sit here?" Remus politely asked. The boys looked at each other and shrugged.

"Sure. Why not." The one on the left replied.

Remus sat down, put his bag in the slot above him, and started to read his book. After a few moments the boys started talking again. At this point Remus was already engrossed in his booked and was not very happy when the boy on the left Interupted him.

"Hey! I don't think I caught your name. I'm James and this is Sirius."

"Oh, sorry. I'm Remus Lupin."

"Is this your first year here too?" Sirius asked.

"Yeah."

"What house do you think you're going to be sorted into?"

"I'm hoping for Ravenclaw." Remus replied. And with that he started to read again. James and Sirius continued on there conversation, fortunately not asking Remus anymore questions.

Once at Hogwarts, Hagrid led him and all the other first years to the front of the school. This is where professor McGonaggall took them inside and started the sorting process. Remus watched closely the first few times, but slowly became bored. This was until he heard the name Sirius Black called. As he expected, one of the black haired boys bounded up to the hat. The hat only took a moment before announcing loudly "GRYFFINDOR". The boy went and sat down at his table looking rather pleased with himself. Then he looked right at Remus, who was still watching him, and winked. Embarrassed, Remus blushed and quickly looked away.

"Remus Lupin" professor McGonaggall said loudly. Remus closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He slowly made his way to the hat, and sat down at the large stool. Professor McGonaggall set the hat on his head and it immediately slid down over his eyes.

"Hmmmm...difficult...very difficult...studios and wise, but very brave and courageous for coming even though you have a, erm, condition. GRYFFINDOR."

Slightly confused, Remus went and sat down with all the other Gryffindors. He was positive he was making it into Ravenclaw. After a few minutes, James made it into Gryffindor as well. Finally the last person was sorted into Slytherin and an old man with a spectacular beard stood at a podium.

"Hello, and welcome to a brand new year at Hogwarts. Lets give our first years a round of applause." After a few seconds of clapping and a few whistles here and there Dumbledore stood up and quieted the crowd.

"I hope you all have an educational and safe year. Also, the dark forest is forbidden to ALL students. Now enough talk. Lets feast." As he mentioned food, the four long tables filled with food. Remus filled with delight. He had heard rumors of all the great meals, but this was better than he thought. During the meal he thought a lot about Sirius and James. They seemed pretty nice, but he wasn't ready to have friends yet. He decided that he would wait till he was settled in before having long conversations with them.

"Hey Lupin! Can you pass the butter?" Remus looked up and saw James looking expectantly at him.

"Oh yeah, sure." Remus replied while reaching across the table to give James the butter.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME! THESE WERE NEW ROBES!" Remus just realized he spilled a red headed girls drink all over the table and her lap.

"OhmygoshIamsosorry!" He said as he grabbed a wad of napkins. The girl fumed and stormed to the bathroom. He kept his head down and didn't eat anything after that.

"First years follow me to the common room please." The head boy said as he stood up from the table.

"Your belongings are all ready in your rooms. Boys are up the stairs on the left, girls the same on the right. Lights out soon. You will want a full nights sleep for your classes tomorrow."

Remus was the one of the few people who immediately went upstairs. Most of the people stayed downstairs and talked about classes. Remus was glad he was the only one in the room, that way no one could see his tell-tale scar. He was almost asleep when the other boys came in. He pretended to be asleep so no one would bother him.

"What do you think of that Remus boy. A little weird don't you think?"

"Hey. Don't judge till you know him better. He might just be nervous. He is oddly quiet though; maybe we should talk to him tomorrow."

"Yeah. Maybe."

Remus was scared now. He didn't want the two boys to talk to him. After many hours of thinking it over, he decided he would answer there questions, but stay away from the family subject. Finally he closed his eyes and fell asleep.