Disclaimer: I own Cameron and Dan. However I don't own Serena, Felicity, and Crystal. And all the other recognizable names are property of J.K. Rowling.
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Serena watched her fiancée pace back and forth in front of her desk. Nealan Quirrell was very, very nervous. It was kind of sad, really. He wasn't like that before he took that stupid vacation without her. Since he returned, and that was two years ago, he had a horrible stutter and nervous twitch. He was afraid of almost everything. In fact Serena and her pets were the few things he didn't fear.
"Neal," she said in her special 'Neal-having-a-panic-attack' voice, "You're going to make yourself sick. Please try to calm down," he only answer was some stuttered nonsense, "Neal if I have to teach a class all by myself because you're sick in the infirmary…" she left the threat unfinished, it really wasn't helping Neal's dispositions. She decided to try another track, "Nealan. If you do not sit down and breathe I will force you to. You know I can and you know I will." at least he had the good sense enough to sit. Serena sighed, "What has gotten you so worked up?"
"T-t-two of th-th-the n-new students…." Serena prompted him with a rolling motion of her hand, "P-p-potter… and T-t-tomas," Serena waited, and waited some more then,
"What about them?" Neal gave her a look, "What do you think that the famous defeater of Voldemort," Neal flinched, he hated when Serena used You-Know-Who's full name, "And Merlin's descendant are going to turn you into…things unnatural?" she finished using her friend Crystal's favorite phrase, "They're not the Wesley twins," Neal shuddered. Apparently he hadn't quite gotten over the time they had accidentally turned him into a cat. Serena tiredly rubbed her face. She was getting really sick of Neal's timid ness, but she had known him since childhood and loved him dearly so she guessed that she'd just have to suck it up and deal. Suddenly one of her mind colors flashed.
"Severus is coming," she told Neal quietly, "You should run now unless you want to be on the receiving end of-" she didn't get a chance to finish as Neal scurried from her office. Serena after a moment banged her head on the table in exasperation.
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After loading his trunk onto the train Cameron and Remus stood on the platform,
"Well" Cameron started,
"Guess I better get going"
Remus nodded he looked at Cameron again, some how between Sam's death and now Cameron had changed, he didn't look like his dad anymore, in fact the boy standing there looked more like a young Remus, like he had when he was heading off to Hogwarts as a first year, when he had first met the 4 boys that would become his best friends and the 5 of them would become the Marauders of Hogwarts. Cameron had the same excited look in his brown eyes, the same pale look on his face, he was however doing a very well job of hiding these he did truly look like Remus had, all those years before when he followed in the families foot steeps entering Hogwarts. Sam would be so proud of Cameron, the whole family would be so proud of him Remus thought as he watched Cameron who was grinning and watching all the other kids bustle around him, he must be excited, he's not even noticing all the people, Remus thought, he knew that Cameron wasn't big on crowded places, neither was he for that matter. But the crowded platform seemed to be the last thing on Cameron's mind.
"Send me an owl as soon as you can ok?" Remus asked Cameron grinned and nodded
"Course"
"Well have a good term, and don't get into too much trouble your first week"
"Wouldn't dream of it" Cameron said still grinning impishly, and with his wand tucked in his robes, he gave a wave to his uncle and stepped aboard the big red train that he had seen in the picture at his uncles house. The train gave a whistle and lurched forward.
Cameron watched his uncle on the platform until he couldn't see it anymore. Walking down the aisle's, Cameron searched for a compartment, better yet an empty one. Finally he found one, and Cameron figured it was the last empty one on the entire train. He took out the book he had been trying to finish all summer, from his robe pocket and leaning against the window began reading, it was a muggle book called "Lord of the Rings", it was written by a muggle but Cameron knew that the ministry had been debating on whether or not the author had actually been a muggle or not some of the details in the book seemed like knowledge that no muggle could have known. Whatever it was Cameron liked it and he was determined to finish it.
A few hours later, Cameron's boredom was getting the better of him, the anxious wolf side of him began to take over and he knew he had to walk around a bit, maybe explore the train some. Putting his book back in his robe pocket Cameron opened the compartment door and began heading down the aisles, he knocked into the doors of some compartments as he made his way down. Kids his own age where running up and down the aisles apparently not noticing him as they pushed past him, Cameron was used to this though, besides he didn't mind not being noticed was the way Cameron liked to be. He looked behind him for a second then before he could say or do anything a boy about his age who appeared to in his own world entirely slammed into him, the boy fell on his back hard. But Cameron was able to regain his balance quickly.
Hey are you ok?" he asked standing over the boy, the boy blinked a little as if trying to figure out exactly what had hit him.
"Yea" he said "I'm ok" Cameron put his hand out and pulled the boy to his feet
"Sorry bout that" the boy said "I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking"
"I could tell, you must have been in deep thought." Cameron said, the boy nodded
"Dan Tomas" he said sticking out his hand, Cameron lowered his sunglasses, Tomas where had he heard that name before, it stuck out in his mind but couldn't place it, then it hit him, this was that kid Dumbledore was talking about, Dan must be Uncle Remus's friends son, but there was something else, if this was Dan Tomas well the one Cameron was thinking about, then this kid was Merlin's descendent, his dad had told him the family stories, how Merlin's family was connected some how to the Lupin family.
Cameron smiled and nodded
""Cameron Lup… er um Cameron Jenkins" he said pushing the glasses back over his eyes, Cameron sighed hoping Dan wouldn't notice his little slip up, he was supposed to keep his identity a secrete he had to be more careful.
"Are you a first year?" Dan asked
"Yea you?" Cameron asked
Dan nodded
"So what where you thinking about?" Cameron asked
"Oh nothing just thinking about how I'm gonna calm my nerves"
Cameron smiled
"Your nervous too then?" he asked feeling better that he wasn't the only one
Dan nodded
"Yea, really nervous, both my parents went to Hogwarts, and all my ancestors, and I'm just afraid that I'm gonna disappoint them"
Cameron nodded
"Yea same with my parents, my uncle too, my whole families been going to Hogwarts since its early years actually"
Dan looked at Cameron in shock his mouth dropping a little
"Same with my family" Cameron was getting more and more positive that this was the same Tomas that was the descendent of Merlin
"My uncle is really excited, I think the more excited I've seen him, was when he finally beat me at Wizard Chess"
Dan laughed
"I play that against my dad, I always beat him, that and checkers, your uncle sounds a lot like my dads, he's totally hyped up that I'm here""
"You sound odd where are you from?" Cameron asked
"Hull" Dan said
"No that's not a English accent, you're not from England are you?"
Dan shook his head
"Ok I know who you are now."
"You and apparently everyone else on this train, except me" Dan said grumpily
"Hey I didn't mean anything by that, I meant that you're the really rich Wizard family that moved back here from America your dad works at the Ministry right? He's a Minister?"
Dan nodded.
"Yea, but how'd you know"
"My uncle told me"
Cameron paused and thought for a second. Oh yes he was positive now
"But your right about one thing, I do know who you are apart from that, and I don't know about everyone on the train, in fact only a few people that I know of know, who else knows?" He knew that it wasn't exactly public news that Merlin was this kids ancestor; the only reason Cameron knew was because his own ancestor was Merlin's apprentice he had been trained as a wizard right along side Merlin's son.
Dan groaned
"This is really getting annoying, knows what!" he said loudly
"You don't know?" Cameron asked
"No apparently there is something about my name that certain people on this train know something about that I'm apparently supposed to know but I don't" Cameron thought again
"Well I guess I shouldn't be the one to tell you in fact Dumbledore should be the one to tell you, I just cant believe you don't know.
"Neither can I" Dan said. "And its driving me completely berserko"
Cameron laughed a little
"Berserko?" yup this kids definitely American He laughed again.
"Yea crazy, nuts, wacko?" Cameron nodded "Wanna come down to our compartment, me and 2 friends are down there and there's plenty of room for another," Dan said smiling.
Cameron looked back down the aisle he had been coming from all that was waiting for him back there was the chance to get slammed into the wall a couple more times and the opportunity to sit by himself and stare aimlessly out the window.
"Sure why not" he said.
Cameron followed Dan back down to the compartment, Dan slide the door open. Sitting inside were 2 boys, one with flaming red hair and tons of freckles, the other had black hair and a lightening bolt scar, this kid was Harry Potter. Cameron was in awe.
"Dan you all right?" Harry asked
"Yea I, I um I had to get some air," Dan said nodding Cameron stood behind Dan.
"Oh sorry, Harry Ron this is Cameron, Cameron Harry Ron " Dan said introducing everyone.
"Hi" Ron said
"Hi" Harry said
Cameron looked from Ron to Harry
"I know, Ron Weasley and Harry Potter, nice to meet you both" Cameron said.
"What's your last name, Cameron?"
Cameron didn't say anything for a second
"Jenkins" Cameron said, he tried to hide the shame in his voice but he knew it was extremely noticeable; he hated hiding from things it just wasn't in his nature.
"Want a chocolate frog?" Harry asked, holding out a package, which Cameron accepted.
"Thanks" he said, he looked at the card, it was Morgna again, and he had about 50 of her.
"Hey Cameron?" Ron asked. Cameron looked up
"Yea?"
"What's with the sunglasses?"
Cameron looked down at the frogs
"I, I er I have sensitive eyes, and if I don't wear them I'll get a bad headache and I get really sick" he said quietly. There it was again, he couldn't hide his shame, and he hated this he was always proud of who and what he was, and he hated hiding it. And he was supposed to keep this a secrete for 7 years, this was going to be harder then learning to control wolfing out, which had been extremely hard.
A voice came over the loudspeaker
"We will be reaching Hogwarts in five minutes. Please leave your luggage on the train, it will be taken to the school separately"
Cameron felt excitement over ride his fear and shame, now he could forget everything for a little bit, he was finally at Hogwarts, he was finally carrying on the family tradition
Following Ron, Harry and Dan, Cameron stepped off the train and outside the cold air hit his lungs when he breathed in, and it felt so good, the train had been comfortable, but Cameron liked to be outside in the fresh cold air, it was a werewolf thing. All Cameron really wanted to do was run around, being cooped up for a long time was driving Cameron what did Dan call it berserko? Whatever it was he took a deep breath and sighed, as he smelt the crisp cool September air. Dan however began coughing like mad when he stepped outside, and Cameron had to hit him hard on the back.
"Hey don't die!" Cameron said laughing a little,
Dan smiled and laughed too
"I'll try not to."
A large man towered over them; he looked at Harry and smiled
"First years! First Years over here! All right there, Harry?" he asked Harry,
"Whose that" Dan whispered too Harry, Cameron had a pretty good guess that the tall man was Hagrid, both his dad and his uncle had told him about Hagrid, and Cameron hoped he was as nice as they had said.
"Hagrid, he's the groundskeeper," Harry told them.
Cameron grinned triumphantly
The group rounded a bend and got their first look at Hogwarts, Cameron slipped his glasses off, and stared at the castle, mesmerized, entirely under its spell, it was magnificent, just like the stories he had heard from his family. Uncle Remus had been right it was just like a dream and something that he had only seen in his imagination. Cameron didn't want to stop staring at it; he felt if he did then it would suddenly disappear.
Suddenly Cameron felt someone poke him
"Cameron" it was Dan but Cameron still didn't want to look away
"Yea"
"Pinch me"
Cameron slowly tore his eyes away from the castle,
"Um ok" he said
"Owwww!" Dan said loudly
Harry and Ron turned around,
"You all right Dan?" Harry asked
"Yea I just had Cameron pinch me so I could be sure I wasn't dreaming"
The four of them laughed.
"My uncle was right" Cameron said "He told me Hogwarts is like something you can only imagine, he said that when you first lay eyes on the Castle you wont believe them, you think your dreaming and you hope you don't stop dreaming it"
The other 3 nodded, it was like a dream. They walked to a lake in front of them were boats
"No more then four to a boat" Hagrid said,
Harry, Ron, and another boy and a girl where in one boat, while Dan, and Cameron where in the next boat, with 2 girls. After crossing the lake they went through an under ground harbor which seemed to go under the castle. They walked up stone steps and crowded around a large oak door, Hagrid knocked 3 times on the door. The door opened and in front of them was a tall black haired witch in an emerald green robe he recognized her from his fathers' funeral, but Cameron couldn't really remember who had been there. Cameron kept his eyes right in front, he still had his sunglasses off, and the temptation to put them on to hide was overpowering his determination not to put them on, the moment he thought of hiding however, the feeling of shame hit him like a ton of bricks.
"The first years Professor McGonagall" Hagrid said
"Thank you, Hagrid. I will take them from here"
She led them through the entrance hall, in the corridor was empty but through a doorway on the right Cameron could hear voices, Professor McGonagall began explaining the sorting ceremony, and the moment she said. "The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting."
Cameron felt Dan grab the sleeve of his robe and hang on to it, Cameron's wolf sense picked up the fear Dan was feeling. Cameron flattened his hair to cover his ears and slipped his necklace under his robes, he really didn't know where it had come from, he'd had it since he was a baby. All he knew was that it had something to do with being a half werewolf. Or something like that, he had never asked where it came from, nor had he ever asked why he wore it. Inscribed on it was the letters C.R.L., Cameron's initials. They stood for Cameron Remus Lupin.
McGonagall looked at Cameron, Dan, Harry, a boy named Neville who had come into Cameron's compartment on the train searching for his lost toad, and Ron, Harry asked Ron if he knew how they would be sorted, Cameron and Dan looked at Ron questioningly too
"My uncle wouldn't tell me," Cameron said thinking "I tried to trick it out of him but he stayed silent"
"My dad said that it's a test of some sort but he said it was a tradition for first years not to know what it was in till they went into the dinning hall," Dan said.
"Yea that's what Fred said, he said it hurts a lot, but I think he was joking"
"That makes me feel a lot better," Cameron said staring off into space again. This was getting better and better, he tried to hide it but this was making him more nervous especially if the sorting took place in front of the rest of the school.
A few minutes later something made Harry jump which made Dan who was standing right behind him jump too, which caught Cameron's attention, he found out what had made them jump, the ghosts that Uncle Remus had told him about. About 20 ghosts came out of no where they began talking to some of the first years, Cameron decided just to drift back into his own world trying to keep his mind clear hoping that way he wouldn't have any problems being sorted.
McGonagall came back and told them to get into a line; Dan stumbled into line behind Ron and Cameron slipped behind him Dan had finally let go of his robes, but Cameron could still smell Dan's fear it was really strong and getting stronger.
They walked through the double doors into a great hall, it was amazing there where candles floating in the air over 4 tables. Professor McGonagall led them up to the front they faced the students with the teachers behind them. Cameron looked at the teacher's table, he saw Dumbledore who smiled at him and gave a small wave.
Cameron gave a nod, he had his sunglasses gripped tightly in his hand his other hand was clenched so tight he could feel blood on them from where his figures nails were digging into his palms, the lights from both the candles floating and the candles around the hall where so bright, he could feel his eyes hurting, and he felt sick to his stomach, his head began pounding and he felt like he was going to faint. He kept putting his hands up to his eyes and squinting, but it wasn't helping.
Cameron heard his brain telling him to put his glasses on but he didn't want to look like an idiot wear them during the sorting, he'd put them on after, he just wished everything would hurry up, because he really didn't know how much he could stand. He could hear Hermione, a girl that he had met when she came in his compartment with Neville searching for the lost toad, she was telling them about the magical ceiling of Hogwarts, but Cameron already knew about it, so he didn't pay any attention; he was busy concentrating on keeping his eyes covered.
The first years watched as Professor McGonagall placed a 4-legged stool in front of them, and on top she put a very old pointed wizard hat. Everyone in the hall was staring at the hat so Cameron did too; the light from the candles was less facing towards the hat, but the lights from around the room still were painful, was this hat apart of the test, what did he have to do? These thoughts ran through Cameron's mind, when suddenly someone at the staff table stood up. Cameron cocked his head. Was that Serena? He didn't know she was a teacher. She looked at all the first years amusingly then suddenly the hats brim opened up like a mouth, and it, accompanied by Serena playing an a sort of flute thing it began singing:
"Oh you may not think I'm pretty, but don't judge on what you see, I'll eat myself, if you can find a smarter hat then me. You can keep your bowlers black, your top hats sleek and tall, for I'm the Hogwarts sorting hat and I can cap them all. There's nothing hidden in your head The Sorting Hat can't see, so try me on and I will tell you where you ought to be. You might be in Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry set Gryffindors apart; you might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, those patient Hufflepuffs are true and unafraid of toil; Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw if you've a ready mind, where those of wit and learning will always find their kind, or perhaps Slytherin you'll make your real friends, those cunning folks use any means to achieve their ends. So put me on! Don't be afraid! And don't get in a flap! You're in safe hands (though I have none) For I'm a thinking cap!"
The entire hall burst out clapping, the hat bowed to each table then was still. Serena smiled again and sat back down. Immediately the teacher next to her began whispering urgently. As Cameron watched she nodded then rested her head on her arms and to all appearances fell asleep.
Cameron shook his head and turned back to the hat. A hat all they had to do was put on a old hat, finally all the worry about how he would be sorted was over, and he was sort of glad his uncle hadn't told him, but now he had a new worry, what if he didn't get sorted into Gryffindor, what if he got sorted into Cameron gulped, Slytherin. To someone of werewolf blood, that would be a fate worse then death. Most Slytherins where against werewolves or those with werewolf blood in their family history, attending Hogwarts as much as they where against someone with muggle parents attending Hogwarts. Even if they where pure blood wizards and could trace their family history as Cameron could as far back as the beginning of magic. To a Slytherin a werewolf was a werewolf no matter who they where, just like a muggle was a muggle.
"So we've just got to try on the hat!" Ron whispered to Harry, Dan, and Cameron, "I'll kill Fred, he was going on about wrestling a troll."
Professor McGonagall stepped forward she was holding a roll of parchment.
"When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted, Abbott, Hannah" was the first person called.
She put the hat on and sat down, there was a second then
"HUFFLEPUFF!" the hat shouted
McGonagall continued down the list. Hermione became Gryffindor,
"Jenkins, Cameron!" McGonagall called.
This is it Cameron thought, he looked at Dan, Harry, and Ron, looked at the hat, he took a deep breath and walked up to the stool, took the hat, sat down and put it on.
Well, well, well, where shall we put you, little wolf?
Cameron gulped again, not Slytherin not Slytherin, please not Slytherin anywhere, anywhere but Slytherin, he thought over and over,
Not Slytherin you say, well lets see, bravery, pride, a good sense of reason, very smart, practical, full of heart, your protective of your family and your families heritage, and protective of friends and those around you, those qualities remind me of another boy, much like you, he to was hiding something, keeping a secrete deep inside I made the right decision and put him as I will you in GRYFFINDOR! As soon as the word Gryffindor left the hats mouth Cameron smiled and passed the hat to the next first year he had a feeling that the boy that the hat mentioned was his uncle, maybe his dad but Cameron was positive it had been talking about Uncle Remus. The loud clapping was how he found the Gryffindor table, he sat down and looked up at the head table, Serena was still sleeping but had a happy smile on her face, and Dumbledore was also smiling, but it was the teacher with the black hair, pale face, long nose, and frown that caught Cameron's attention, the teacher was watching him, glaring, he seemed to be studying him, Cameron turned his attention back to the sorting he'd find out later who that teacher was.
He watched as Harry Became a Gryffindor, then Dan also, Harry and Dan he noticed got the loudest claps of all, and 2 twin boys with the same red hair as Ron who Cameron guessed where Ron's brothers, both shouted.
"WE GOT POTTER AND TOMAS!"
Cameron knew what would be going through most everyone's heads if they had heard his true last name, the Lupin family was almost as well known as the Tomas's because of the connection the 2 families shared and the fact that they where both one of the oldest Wizarding families in the Wizarding world. After Ron was sorted into Gryffindor, Dumbledore stood up,
"Welcome, Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you!"
Cameron didn't know what to say, but before he could think of something the plates in front of them filled with food, Cameron sighed, he hoped by eating he would fell better, because he was feeling worst, he didn't want to put his glasses on, he was determined to reduce his need for them. He took a piece of roast beef, loaded ketchup on his plate and took a bite. He did feel a little better, maybe it wasn't the lights maybe he felt funny because he needed food, more specifically he needed meat, was it near a full moon? Cameron couldn't remember, he'd have to check his lunar chart, he always got a craving for meat a really large craving for it right before a full moon, at least it was roast beef craving and not human beef, like he knew he'd be craving if he transformed into a werewolf, well anyways he felt a hundred times better. No sooner had these thoughts entered his mind, when suddenly the room began to spin, the pain, and the dizziness returned, he put his fork down and took a drink of water, but it didn't help. Dan noticed something was wrong, and started to ask, but Cameron couldn't hear him, he heard a shrill loud whistling noise which grew louder and louder. Cameron's sensitive ears felt like they where going to explode from the noise, he remembered a dog whistle that he had heard a muggle use once and realized the two shrill whistles where one in the same, the lights were too bright he couldn't take them anymore. Cameron stood up a little and felt nausea sweep over him, the room begun spinning faster and faster, and finally, it all went black.
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