Author's Note: HAPPY HARRY POTTER DAY!!! This chapter is dedicated to Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince, which came out today.
For once Remus Lupin was not surrounded by three other boys. He was alone, walking down the corridor after lunch. James was off trying to woo Lily, Sirius was with his flavor of the week and Peter was finishing homework in the common room. Remus decided he would go to the library. He walked towards the back, looking at the dusty titles, waiting for one to spark his interest. He was at almost the very back before he saw one that made him chuckle. How Werewolves Are Planning to Take Over the World By Charlotte Runns. He looked at the next title, Werewolf Protection, All You Need to Know to Keep Yourself Safe From Werewolves. He looked at the next one, and the one after that. They were all about werewolves. Just to be ironic, he figured he would read one, so he kept moving along the shelf. As he got to one that might be interesting, Hunter of the Night, A Guide to Werewolves, he heard a voice he recognized. It was Cassi's.
"…twelve Sirius had been bullying me a lot at home, and I got so mad that I ran. I wasn't running away for good. But I ran to get away from him. Of course I got lost. But I ran into this man. Somehow he knew I was a witch, and I asked him if he could help me find my way home. Now that I look back on it, it was so stupid of me, I should have known, I was old enough. But I didn't. He told me he wasn't from around here but he could try. After a little bit of wandering he stopped and said 'Here we are.' But it wasn't where I lived and I told him that. I got scared and I tried to run. But-" She paused, and he could hear her take a breath. "But he caught me before I could go anywhere. He told me there was no reason to be afraid. He knew me name." Remus felt a shiver run up his spine. "I asked him how he knew my name, and told him to let me go. And his exact words were 'Feisty aren't we? Good, that is a sign that you will survive.' He- He-" Remus knew this was something very private and if Cassi wanted him to know she would tell him. He turned to leave but her next words stopped him in his tracks. "He was a vampire. And he bit me." The words were whispered and he barely heard them. Not for the first time Remus silently cursed his heightened hearing from being a werewolf.
He quickly left the library, his head spinning with this new information. Not registering where he was going it came as a surprise to him when he found himself in front of the Fat Lady. He muttered the password and climbed through, going straight up to his dorm. Not even registering as Peter called his name. Cassi is a vampire. The thought reverberated in his head like a never-ending record. So she knows the feeling of exile too, maybe I should talk to her. No, then she would know I eavesdropped and found out about her secret. But then I could tell her mine. In the end Remus decided not to tell her, but to act as if nothing had happened. With that thought he picked up his bag and headed to his next class.
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After telling Calia and Ashley I felt so much happier, and I felt free. I couldn't wait to tell Reg. After classes let out I was able to find him. He was walking down the hall ahead of me. "Reg!" He turned around and smiled when he saw me. "I need to tell you something." He nodded,
"Kitchens?"
"Of course!" We made our there through the crowds. Once we reached our destination a house elf came bounding up to us.
"Mister and Mistress Black! The usual I'm guessing?" We nodded and went to sit down at a table. We talked about little things until a house elf came bearing a huge platter of sweets and two mugs of butterbeer.
"Now what did you want to talk to me about?" Regulus started.
"Well, I'm just gonna come right out and say it: I told Calia and Ashley I'm a vampire." He had just taken a drink of his butterbeer, but he spit it out across the table.
"You what?" He spat.
"I told them, and they don't care. They're fine with it, and it feels so good knowing that someone other than you and Sirius know and don't care. That someone else excepts me for who I am." I said defensively. I couldn't understand why he was angry.
"It was a stupid thing to do." Stupid?
"How was it stupid? I trusted them, and it was fine! I don't know why you're reacting like this."
"What if it wasn't fine? What if they went off and told everyone? It was reckless, you shouldn't have done it, and you're never going to do it again." That pissed me off. I stood up. I could tell we were scaring the house elves but I didn't care.
"Who are you to tell me what I can and can not do? You sound like Sirius, thinking you can control my life." He stood up too, moving towards me, and for a second I swear I thought he was going to hit me.
"I am nothing like him." He started to storm out.
"Why cant you just be happy for me?" I shouted at his retreating back.
I apologized to the elves before leaving.
Author's Note: Sorry it's so short, but I wanted to get it up today. In other news someone keeps flaming my stories. The same person is flaming almost every story I update/upload. They leave annonymous reviews, and it's really starting to annoy me. Seriously, if you don't like my stories then you don't have to read them. Also, they always know when my stories come out, so they obviously have me on alert. If my stories are so bad they make you "want to puke" or whatever, then don't read them. It's that simple. I have left the reviews up if you care to read them. They are on the stories Remain Forever, Shades of Grey and Friends Forever. And if you feel the need to read stories you don't like, keep the critisism reasonable, because you just sound like and idiot when your trying to insult me. Thank you,
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