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Chapter 1
Beginning
of a New Era
James @ home
"James
Potter! For the 5th time in the week! Do not leave your water bombs
all over the floor," Mrs. Potter shouted.
"James and
his best friend, Sirius skidded into the room. They burst into peals of
laughter when they saw Mrs. Potter and Mrs. Black all drenched.
"What did I
do, mom?" James said, trying hard to control his laughter while giving his mom
his well-known innocent look. Meanwhile, Sirius was on the floor, roaring with
laughter while clutching a stitch.
Sirius
Black, what did you think you were doing----leaving water bombs all over the
floor? I'm gonna ground you all right. No going out, no more visiting joke
shops..." Mrs. Black hauled Sirius out the front door.
Remus and his twin
" You f*cking
werewolf! I'll bet you'll never be accepted into Hogwarts! You made me lose all
my friends. Nobody wants a friend whose brother is a werewolf!" Remolius Lupin
shouted angrily at his twin, Remus.
Remus just
kept quiet, accepting the cuffs from his brother. "I deserve it. If I hadn't
got the bite, I wouldn't be in this state now." Remus thought glumly as he
stared at the floor.
One
particularly forceful kick in the stomach sent Remus winding. He was sprawled
on the floor, motionless. Too tired to move (from the last transformation), he
just lay there.
"Remolius
Lupin! What exactly do you think you are doing?" Christine Lupin said with her
hand on her hips and her eyes narrowed.
Remolius
(I'll just call him Remo) scowled. "Mom...he... he made me lose all my friends
and no one likes me any more. He deserves it. It's all his fault!" Remo said,
almost in tears.
Remo's last
words seem to echo in Remus' mind. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore. He ran
out of the house slamming the room door.
@ Lily's
"Freak!
Freak! She's not my sister! My sister is dead! All I see is a freak standing in
front of me! Give me back my sister!" Petunia Evans was shrieking at the top of
her lungs.
"Petunia, calm down, darling. Lily
is your sister and she isn't going to hurt you," Alex Evans spoke softly in an
effort to calm his daughter.
"Tunia, I'm Lily. See..." Lily
said in a barely audible voice.
"No!
No! No! You're an imposter! No sister of mine is a witch! Dad! She's evil!
She'll kill me!" Petunia screamed. She grabbed Lily by the scruff of her
pajamas and started shaking her like a rag doll, muttering, "kill her".
Alex pulled
Lily away while trying to restrain Petunia.
In her room,
Lily was sobbing uncontrollably. "Lily dear, are you all right? I'm sorry
darling; Petunia was so rough with you. Usually you girls were on such good
terms, I didn't think..." Jessica Evans said.
Lily was
startled. She didn't realize that her mom was in her room. "Oh Mom, you don't
have to apologize for Petunia. I'm okay. It wasn't anyone's fault. B-bbut I've
already decided to go, there's no turning back now, is there?"
"Listen to
me, Lily, when I went to Hogwarts, I made many friends and was very happy.
Don't care what Petunia says, honey, remember, you'll always have Mom and Dad.
Goodnight, sweetie," Jessica Evans said in a firm tone.
"Night, Mom,"
Lily kissed her mom on the cheek. "Perhaps Mom was right. I should try to make
new friends in my school and forget about my miserable live here.." Lily said
to herself as she lapsed into sweet slumber.
Peter's (yuck!) home
Peter
Pettigrew was sitting on a couch in front of the television. His jaws were busy
working on a chicken wing. "Ow!!!" He yelled as something hit his head.
"My poor
darling! Something's hit your precious head? What is it?" Andrea Pettigrew
simpered as she came out of the kitchen.
"Wow, Mom! I
got in!" Peter exclaimed.
"Got into what?" Andrea asked.
"Hogwarts, Mom, Hogwarts!" Peter
shouted, waving his chubby hands that knocked down a vase.
"My darling! My handsome and smart
darling! Give me a kiss, dear. My, this calls for a celebration! I'll bring you
to your father's grave and you can tell him this great piece of news!" Andrea
said, her voice throbbing with emotion.
Back at James'
"Arghhhh!!!
Hames Hotter, Herius Rack!" The four adults shouted simultaneously, spraying their
chewed up rice on the two boys rolling on the floor.
"Who...who is
Hames Hotter and Herius Rack.." Sirius said, roaring with laughter.
"Sirius
Black! You know very well what you did!" Mrs. Black yelled.
"Honestly,
I've experienced eating beetles before but spiders...YOU BOYS ARE ATROCIOUS!"
Edward Potter tried to say in a calm voice but he ended up shouting.
Mrs. Potter
looked furious as well. She was about to start one of her famous lectures but
there was a tapping sound coming from the window. Mrs. Potter unlatched the
window and a handsome, tawny owl flew in. It dropped two letters into the
spider-infested soup and took of into the night. Everyone looked surprised.
Then, Ralph
Black fished out the letters from the soup and handed them to James and Sirius.
Both of them looked down at the letter to find their names written on it.
"Go ahead,
open it," Mrs. Potter whispered. They all(except James and Sirius) expected it
to be the letter from Hogwarts. James and Sirius looked at each other and nodded.
They slit open the letter as all the grown-ups watched with bated breath.
Then, the
shouts of two women filled the air. One was Mrs. Black shouting at Sirius and
the other was Mr. Potter performing one of her lectures about leaving Dungbombs
all over the place. For a split second, the adults looked angry. Then, their
anger too dissolved into laughter. Watching the two boys wheezing with
laughter, all of them realized how remarkably similar they were. Both were tall
and thin with messy black hair and blue eyes. They had the ability to turn
normal occasions into merry parties. Gasping for breath, James and Sirius
handed their Hogwarts letter (which they hid earlier on) to their parents.
Pulling her son into a hug, Mrs. Black was simply astounded that Hogwarts would
want troublemakers like James and Sirius. Meanwhile, James was kissed
repeatedly by his mom.
"Yew, Mom!
You can save your kisses for Dad!" James said, wiping his saliva-wet face on
his sleeve.
Mrs. Black
finally let go of Sirius whose ribs almost shattered. "Ow...Mom, I just
realized that you're strong enough to mow the lawn manually," Sirius moaned,
rubbing his ribs.
Remus and Dumbledore
Wiping tears
from his eyes with the back of his hand, Remus looked up. He had been sitting
on top of the hill beside his house. Then when he remembered Remo's cruel
words, he started sobbing again.
"Nobody likes
me, everyone hates me, I think I'll go eat worms..."Remus heard someone
singing. When he looked up, he got the shock of his life. It was Albus Dumbledore,
headmaster of Hogwarts, his dream school!
"Mr. Lupin,
congratulations!" Dumbledore said cheerfully, giving Remus his letter.
"T-thank you,
sir," Remus stuttered. He had been hoping and hoping for this day to come. Even
though he knew that accepting a werewolf into a school was highly impossible,
Remus hoped.
"Mr. Lupin,
you were not really thinking of eating worms, were you?" Dumbledore winked at
Remus. "First, I must tell you the safety measures we're imposing. I have given
instructions for a big tree to be planted in the grounds. This tree has a
passageway leading to a shack in which you will transform. Another thing is,
the tree we've planted for you is called the Whomping Willow. It will strike
anyone who attempts to go near it. The only way to get past it is to touch the
knot on the tree and it'll become still. Do you understand, Mr. Lupin?"
"Yes, sir,"
Remus said. He suddenly remembered that if he was going to Hogwarts, Remo would
most probably be going too. "Great, all I need is for Remo to give away my
secret," Remus muttered, forgetting that Dumbledore was still there.
"Mr. Lupin,
you look very upset. Mind if I do a Cheering Charm on you?" Dumbledore said
with a small smile.
"'Kay," Remus
said uncertainly.
A minutes
later, Remus burst into his house to find his parents and brother waiting for
him anxiously. Remus was grinning when he handed the letter of acceptance to
his father. Mrs. Lupin was crying with happiness and Mr. Lupin patted Remus on
his back saying how proud he was of him.
"Congratulations,
I got my letter too. We'll be going to Diagon Alley together tomorrow," Remo
said unwillingly. Remus gave his brother a huge hug and a lop-sided grin(the
effects of the Cheering Charm had not worn off yet) before going to bed, his
heart filled with such happiness that even the most cutting remarks would not
affect him.
~*~ THE
END (FOR NOW)~*~
A/N:
hello everyone! Please review and tell me if you like my story. All flames will
be presented to Wormtail (honestly, I think he's worst than Voldemort) ,
Betraying James and framing Sirius(he rawks!). Sorry for the use of vulgar
language also, I couldn't think of a better word to put there. Anyway, I'll be
looking forward to seeing your opinions.