Chapter 2
"Professor? What the…" asked a very confused Harry.
"Harry…" crocked the injured man.
"Come inside Professor. Maybe Aunt Petunia will help you."
Harry put his arm about the man's shoulders and practically dragged him into the living room where he know his aunt was sitting with his uncle and cousin.
As soon as Aunt Petunia saw the man she jumped up and yelled, "WHO IS THAT AND WHY IS HE IN MY HOUSE?"
"Please calm down Aunt Petunia. Can you help him? He is badly injured."
The man looked up and Aunt Petunia jumped back. She yelled, yet again, "YOU! You're one of HIS friends." She shot an angry look at Harry but she knew she wasn't talking about him.
"Please help him. He looks to be bleeding heavily and from what I can tell he barely made it here."
"Petunia, I don't want this stranger in my house," said Uncle Vernon.
"Honey, I think we should at least get him cleaned up before we kick him out. I don't car whose friend he is; we should always help someone in need. We want to give the impression that we are good people. What would the neighbors say if we kicked him out now?" Petunia of course was right; the neighbors would ask questions and start accusing them of stuff like being selfish. That would not be good for their image.
"I suppose you're right my love."
"Take him into the kitchen and take off his hood," said Petunia to Harry. Harry nodded and helped the man into the kitchen. He sat him down in one of the chairs and pulled off his hood. He gasped at the man in front of him that was none other than Remus Lupin. He had cuts all over his face including a cut across his right eye that looked like it cam from a huge doglike claw. Harry took off the rest of the cloak and looked Remus over to see how beat up he truly was. He had cuts and gashes all over his arms and chest. He had a big gash across his chest that again looked like it came from a doglike claw. Harry started to wonder who or what Remus got into a fight with.
Aunt Petunia walked in and examined the damage. She told Harry to get the first aid kit from the upstairs bathroom. Harry left the room while Petunia turned to Remus and ordered him to take off his shirt. He did so with some problems but finally got it off. Harry reentered the room with the first aid kit.
"Now, before I continue I want to know what the hell happened to you and how did you end up here?" Petunia asked still sort of mad about the fact that this man was in her house.
"I got into a fight," Remus replied.
"With who?"
"Or what?" Harry asked
"Werewolves. They were lead by Greyback."
"Ok, that makes sense now, but how did you end up here Professor?" Harry asked.
"Apparate. This was the first place I thought of because I had been thinking about you, Harry, before the fight," Remus said as he slowly recovered.
"Why were you thinking about me, sir?"
"Sirius, his godfather (he said this mainly for Petunia's sake) was on my mind. Then I thought of you and how you might be holding up after what happened last year. The last time I saw you, you were pretty messed up."
"Why, what happened last year?" asked Vernon as he walked into the kitchen for something to eat.
"What do you mean? You don't tell them what you do at school?" Remus asked Harry.
"No, Professor. They don't ask and they last time I tried to tell them about school… well lets just say it didn't go over very well," Harry said before either of his relatives say anything to convince Remus that everything was okay.
"I told you not to say anything, you little brat!" yelled Vernon as he moved towards Harry but Remus gained enough strength and energy to stand between them.
"Don't you touch him, do you hear me? He was just explaining to me why you so called relatives don't know about his school life. Now if you will calmly sit down I will explain to what happened."
Uncle Vernon sat down and so did Remus. When all of them were sitting down Remus began his tale….
