CHAPTER ONE:
After the feast was over, Remus went back to his room and slowly slid down the wall. What was he going to do now? Lupin was not expecting Gabriel to show up so soon after being made the Pack leader.
Even though Gabriel was five years younger than Remus, He often acted as he was the older brother. While his brother was and alpha wolf, Remus was more mild mannered. Lupin was not surprised that his brother was made the Packs leader two years ago. No other werewolf in their pack was as strong or such a natural leader.
When Remus was in school at Hogwarts, he developed a personal pack that consisted of Sirius, James, and Peter. But because his personal pack still came under the Pack laws, he was obligated to present them to his Pack for acceptance, especially if they were human.
Remus hated being a werewolf. He hated to embrace the animal in him. His Pack accepted what they were, so they never understood him. Because he had chosen to be so isolated from the Pack, he had put off brining Harry whom he considered one of his pups, to the leader once he was born.
After Lily, James, and Peter were killed and Sirius was sent to Askaban, Remus was racked with grief. He had lost three fourth of his personal pack at the same time. It was like having his heart ripped out.
Lupin was elated when a years later, he found out that Sirius was innocent. Because he had the opportunity of having taught Harry and become so close to him, he had two back in his personal pack. Even though Remus had to stop teaching due to Snape letting out the secret he was werewolf, he, along with Sirius, still had the opportunity to become close to Harry. They visited with him as much as possible and wrote to each other often. They were now Uncle Moony and Uncle Padfoot to Harry. At that time he knew that he should have presented Harry to the pack, but kept putting it off again. He kept telling himself that he would later.
But now it was too late, His younger brother now Pack leader, was here and planned to stay at least a year at Hogwarts as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Lupin himself had already taken the job of teaching history since Binns no longer taught the subject.
Remus had no idea how his brother would respond to him breaking one of the laws of the Pack by not presenting Harry. Not only did he worry about that, but he now had to take care of two new pups that made George and Fred look like amateurs. And now they no longer had to worry about the threat of Voldemort, but now had to also worry about Astrid.
Lupin began pacing his quarters, trying to figure out how to get out of the mix that he had created for himself. His blood froze when he heard the knock on the door. Time had just run out. Gabriel was here.