Moony, accepted and loved despite his "furry little problem."
Remus – A Marauder nonetheless
I vaguely remember the days after I had been bitten. My parents had gone into hysteria, my father ranting about how I will never be welcome in the wizarding world, and my mother crying her eyes out at the thought of her son enduring so much pain.
The effects of the bite took place immediately, and not just the wolf like characteristics. I was shunned away from the kids my age, somehow the word had gotten out that I had been bitten and the other parents didn't want me near their kids.
That's why, when I met James and Sirius, everything changed. Well, almost everything. I had friends. For the first time in my memory, I was liked and wanted by people my age… I was considered a friend.
But I thought they only liked me because they didn't know about my other side. I dared not tell them, afraid I would be abandoned.
But as the months of first year had worn by, James and Sirius had naturally picked up on how I left every month, generating new excuses each time. Eventually, of course, they stopped believing me and followed me one night.
They didn't need to go the entire way to find out what was really wrong.
The next time I saw them, they cornered me and told me they knew. Panic must've filled my face, because Sirius had put a kind hand on my shoulder and told me that they didn't care. They were just glad I hadn't been eaten.
"We'll help in any way, alright?" James had said sternly.
I had smiled weakly and thanked them.
"For what?" Sirius had asked blankly.
I had shrugged. "Not…abandoning me."
James had grinned. "Well why would we abandon a fellow Marauder?"
Sirius had nodded gravely. "Be a wolf or not. You're a Marauder nonetheless."
"Yeah, a Marauder who transforms every month into a monster-" I'd mumbled under my breath when James had cut me off.
"I don't like that. Can we call it you're 'furry little problem'?"
Hmm, his is longer than the others so far… I love Remus.
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