Disclaimer: Lupin, Dumbledore and anyone else in here from the Harry Potter books belong to J.K. Rowling.

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Amy got off the train and walked with Lily and Remus until they got to carriages pulled by skeletal black horses with huge wings.

Amy's face went white. "W-what are those?" she asked.

"What are what?" asked Lily, confused.

"Those! The big black horses pulling the carriages!"

Remus and Lily looked confused and a little scared. "There's nothing pulling the carriages," said Remus. "They pull themselves."

Amy was about to argue but Remus hauled her into a carriage and they rode in silence up to the school. When Amy got out in front of the castle her eyes almost popped out of her head. "Oh my god," she breathed. "It's huge!" She shut her mouth when she realized she could see the castle. Remus looked even more worried as he ushered her inside and led her down several corridors until the got to a door blocked by a gargoyle.

"Pumpkin Pasties," said Remus. The gargoyle sprung to life and leapt aside. He led her into a huge office and told her to wait there for him to come back with Dumbledore, and then left the room.

About an hour later an old man with a silvery beard dressed in colorful robes came in through the doors followed by Remus. The man sat behind a large desk and Remus sat beside Amy. "Amy, this is Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster," he aid.

Dumbledore clasped his hands together and leaned forward on the desk. "Ms. Lee, Remus tells me that you know all about our world, but cannot do magic yourself; is that correct?" Amy nodded and he looked thoughtful at her. "You claim to be a muggle, someone with absolutely no magical abilities at all, and yet here you sit, in a magical school that muggles cannot see. You were also able to cross the barrier to Platform nine and three quarters and board the Hogwarts Express, without a ticket, I might add," he chuckled.

Amy bit her bottom lip, took a deep breath, and then asked, "Does this mean I can stay here?"

"Now that, I'm afraid, is impossible. Even though you were able to board the train and see the school you have not received a Hogwarts letter of acceptance and therefore you are unable to perform magic, so you would be unable to attend classes."

"With all due respect sir, I never asked if I could attend classes; I only asked if I could stay here with Remus; Sir, he's my only friend and I don't know whether or not I can walk away from him this time.

"Well, it touches me that you care enough for Mr. Lupin to stay here, but I am very sorry to say that without enrolling in classes I'm afraid you can't stay here."

If real life were like a cartoon a light bulb would've appeared over Remus's head. "What about Hagrid?" he asked.

"Beg pardon?" asked Dumbledore.

"Hagrid's not a student and he's not a teacher, but he still lives here on the grounds. Amy could stay with him, if it's all right with him, that is, and help him . . . with, um . . . game keeping . . ."

Dumbledore smiled sadly. "I am sorry, Remus, but she can't stay here. She's a muggle and she needs a muggle education. Once again, believe me when I say that it brings me great sorrow to say that she must return home, and that is that. Remus, your home is connected to the floo network, isn't it?" Remus nodded. "Very well, I'll send her to your parent's cottage and she can contact her parents from there."

Dumbledore explained flooing to Amy and then told her to take a bit of powder and step into the fireplace. "Before you go," said Dumbledore, "Lily said you saw large black winged horses pulling the carriages."

Amy nodded. "Yeah, I saw them; what were they?"

"They're called thestrals, and can only be seen by someone who's seen death; if you don't mind me asking, who did you see die?"

"When I was at an animal shelter, a man was bitten by a pit bull and he bled to death before the ambulance even got there."

"I see. Well, you'd better get going; I expect your parents will be worried about you."

Amy nodded. "Just let me say goodbye." She looked over to Remus before walking over to him and wrapping her arms around his neck. She looked up into his beautiful amber eyes before she closed her eyes and kissed him softly. She pulled away and whispered "Now you know how I feel about you" into his ear.

"How long?" he asked quietly.

"Since we were twelve."

Amy walked back over to Dumbledore, grabbed a handful of floo powder, and then walked into the fireplace. "John and Katelyn Lupin's cottage," she said, and then threw the powder down and disappeared in a burst of green flames.

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Amy was grounded for a week for pulling a stunt like that and scaring her parents half to death.

When Remus came back in June Amy was afraid her kiss would change how he acted around her.

His attitude did change; when Remus saw her again at King's Cross Station he marched right up to her and kissed her. Amy ignored all the whistles and cat calls his friends made. None of them mattered to her because she had Remus, and to her that was the most important thing in the world.

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A/N: Okay, only about 5 more chapters to go.