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"Cameron I want you to stay here and wait for you uncle" Cameron heard his dad's voice but where was he what was going on. Suddenly it all came into focus, he was standing in his kitchen sitting at his kitchen table was himself, Cameron didn't know what was going on, he tried to speak, but no words came out, all he could do was stand there. He wanted to go to his dad but something continued to tell him just to stay put.
"Ok dad, but where are you going?" he heard himself ask
"I need to go take care of some business it will only take a couple minutes, Remus is on his way, wait here for him and then go to his house ok?"
Cameron saw himself nod; this is so strange, Cameron thought
"Cant I come with you though?" he asked Sam shook his head
"Not this time pal, stay here and wait for Remus" and with that Cameron watched his dad walk to the door and leave. Cameron watched as he sat down at the table again and began playing wizards chess. In a few moment hours passed he saw himself stand up look at the clock, he took a piece of parchment out of the desk draw and write a note, Cameron knew in a moment what that note contained, because it was the exact same note he had written to his uncle the night his dad had died. Cameron watched himself get his jacket out of the hall closet and head toward the door.
"No come back here stop you idiot, wait for Uncle Remus" Cameron shouted, but he knew it was no use, this, this was him and he was doing exactly what Cameron had done. Suddenly Cameron got the urge to follow maybe, maybe he could find out what had really happened that night. He followed down the road and into the woods, suddenly he heard himself let out a whimper and saw himself transform, something was chasing him, and was gaining, gaining speed on a wolf! Whatever was chasing him caught up, and with a bright flash of light, Cameron saw himself knocked out, then a new voice spoke
"Shall we kill him?"
"Oh, I don't think so."
"Well, what do I think?"
" I think kill him."
"Oh, let's be nice to him."
"Oh, shut up."
"Knock it-"
"And you. Oh, quick! Get the sword out. I want to cut his head off!"
"Oh, cut your own head off!"
"Yes, do us all a favor!"
" What?"
"Yapping on all the time."
'You're lucky. You're not next to him."
"What do you mean?"
"You snore!"
"Oh, I don't. Anyway, you've got bad breath.
"Well, it's only because you don't brush my teeth.
"Oh, stop bitching and let's go have tea.
"Oh, all right. All right. All right. We'll kill him first and then have tea and biscuits.
"Yes.
"Oh, not biscuits.
"All right. All right, not biscuits, but let's kill him anyway.
" Right!" It would have been funny if the situation had been different.
" If you're finished, this is serious," the other voices fell silent.
"Right. should we kill him?"
"No lets find the other, then come back for him, if he truly is the half-breed then he shall be human by the time we return and we'll take him with us, if not then we'll just kill him, one less wolf to worry about."
"Oh goody!" one of the voices said happily
Cameron couldn't believe his ears; these muggles knew about werewolves, or at least half-breeds and that he would return to human form because he was unconscious. He saw himself lying there watching as the group of men walked off. He started to walk over there; he wished he knew how much time would pass until Serena would be by
"Cameron, Cameron can you hear me, wake up my boy" a new voice was calling to him it sounded like Dumbledore but what was Dumbledore doing there. Everything around him the road the forest, everything turned pitch black.
Cameron opened his eyes slightly.
"Yes that's better"
Dumbledore was sitting in a chair next to him, Cameron looked around he was in bed, but he wasn't sure where he was.
"What….. Where am I?" he asked
"The hospital wing, you grew quite ill in the main hall, during dinner." Cameron didn't know what to say, "The lights where just a little to bright my boy?" Dumbledore asked.
Cameron nodded a little, his head still hurt and he still felt a little sick but he felt better then he had earlier.
"How do you feel now?"
"Better, I guess, I'm sorry Professor, it was my fault, I took my glasses off because I didn't want to start out with a bad first impression, and my glasses aren't exactly inside friendly well they are a little cause Serena fixed them or something, but their not really for the inside."
"Cameron it's quite understandable"
"You didn't send an owl to my uncle did you?" Cameron asked
"I did just to inform him of what happened, he does deserve to know. But now I'll send him an owl telling him your awake and fine." Cameron nodded just as long as Uncle Remus didn't come and insist that he spend more time in the hospital wing. Outside he could hear a pair of voices arguing. One of them sounded like Serena…a very mad Serena…suddenly there was the sound of someone being slapped and seconds later she walked into the room. Her pallid face was flushed with anger and sparks issued from the small marking on her forehead.
"Hello Serena….something the matter?" Dumbledore asked. Serena gave him a look of pique as if to say Don't ask. Dumbledore smiled, "He's awake if that's what you're concerned about." anger was replaced with relief as Serena turned her eyes to Cameron. Who figured he was in for a talking to just as bad as one of his uncle's worried speeches.
"I'm glad," she held out his glasses, "Here. Present from Felicity,"
"Thanks," he took the glasses, but didn't put them on, the light in the room wasn't as bad as the dining hall had been "How'd you know that's what it was?" she shrugged.
"Women's intuition," she sat down next to Dumbledore, "Why weren't you wearing them?" Cameron looked at the wall sheepishly
"Serena Snape if I didn't know better I'd say you sound just like a mother!" Serena blushed covering her face with a fan that Cameron was sure he hadn't see her holding, "Oh Serena don't act so modest I'm sure you'll make a fine-"
"Professor!!!" over the top of the fan Cameron could see a very red forehead. He grinned he had no idea faces could get that particular shade of red. Must be a siren thing… "Professor," Serena had gotten over her blush, "Would it be very, very bad if one were to kill their own brother?"
Cameron looked at her in surprise.
"What did he do this time?"
"You make it seem like this sort of thing is an everyday occurrence."
"It is."
"Oh…well…yeah, you're right," she smiled, "I won't complain this time 'round then," she turned to Cameron. "It's a well known fact that Assistant Professor Snape and Professor Snape don't always get along. So if you ever see me fighting in the halls chances are that's who I'm fighting with."
"Unless it's Peeves the Poltergeist."
"Heh…ah…that is a different matter I think. Don't get me wrong," she added, correctly interrupting the look on Cameron's face, "Very rarely do I start these fights. I may throw the first spell but then I have a temper. Now if you'll excuse me I have to give my dog a flea dip."
"Again?" Cameron said
Serena once again blushed and hid her face.
A short woman bustled over to the bed. Dumbledore smiled.
"Cameron, this is the school nurse, Madam Pomfrey, Madam Pomfrey, Cameron Lupin."
She approached the bed and stared at Cameron,
"Professor, this isn't?……" she started to say
"Yes this is Remus's nephew, and Samric's son"
Madam Pomfrey's face fell and Cameron saw her eyes willed up with tears when Dumbledore mentioned Sam's name, she quickly wiped them away with a handkerchief. And began examining Cameron asking him question, none which regarded his incident in the dinning hall or his family.
"Professor is there something that I should know that you should be informing me?" she asked as she stuck a thermometer in Cameron's mouth, not being able to talk Cameron looked at Dumbledore "Are we going to need to reopen the shrieking shack?" she asked
"No Poppy there wont be a need for once a month trips, Cameron is only a half" Dumbledore said, Cameron noticed he was careful not to say werewolf or mention Sam. Madam Pomfrey looked at Cameron
"So as long as you do not look at the full moon?" she asked smiling, Cameron nodded. "Good now that we have cleared up that little mix up, onto my next question, what happened in the dinning room young man, according to your fellow Gryffindors you just fainted, for no apparent reason would you care to tell me exactly what happened down there?"
Cameron looked away from Dumbledore's gaze but he could still feel the old wizard watching him. If his uncle found out the reason behind him not wearing his glasses he'd be in for a howler, or worse, the feeling of his uncle worrying about him waiting for him to come home to give him the lecture. Madam Pomfrey took the thermometer out of Cameron's mouth and wrote the result down, "From what I can see here he's a perfectly healthy young man."
"I think it would be best if Cameron told you as he would know better then anyone" Dumbledore said
Madam Pomfrey looked at Cameron expectantly.
He sighed
"I wasn't wearing my sunglasses and the lights where too much"
Madam Pomfrey looked at Dumbledore obviously very confused
"Cameron's eyes are extremely light sensitive, the brightness in the in the dinning hall was enough to cause the fainting spell."
"He becomes ill do to bright lights?" Madam Pomfrey asked Cameron nodded "Why didn't you put on your glasses if you knew this would happen?" Madam Pomfrey asked in a concerned voice, not the acquisition that Cameron was thinking he would receive.
"I didn't want to look strange wearing sunglasses inside, I didn't want to er stand out" Cameron paused "Guess that plan backfired" he said
Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey smiled
"Cameron I would like to keep you for a little while longer I'll give you a potion to help you sleep when you wake up again you may go to the Gryffindor tower" Cameron nodded, Madam Pomfrey handed him a goblet which he drank Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey closed the curtain and left Cameron alone.
He could still hear them talking however. "He reminds me so much of his uncle, looking at him brings back so many memories. I remember when Remus would be in here laying in one of those beds after a full moon, and his little group of friends those 4 where always finding ways too sneak up here and visit with him, I'll never forget those 5 they where a handful, and up here at least once or 4 times a week with one of them having some kind of injury or spell backfire, Remus and Cameron both so much alike" Madam Pomfrey said.
"Yes and like his uncle, Cameron has the employment of keeping yet another secrete, Cameron's identity must be kept a secrete, only a select few of the staff will know, not only what Cameron is but who his family is."
Cameron could feel the potion taking affect he began falling asleep and was soon completely asleep. Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey continued to talk though.
"Why Professor, I understand the purpose of keeping the knowledge of him being half werewolf under the hat so to speak, but why his family, I understand that he is under his mother's maiden name Why? Why all the secretiveness?"
"It was Remus's request, and I'm inclined to agree with his position, certain staff members, who know of Remus's predicament, will most likely get the idea that Cameron shares the same predicament which he does not. And possibly shun and discriminate him, you know very well that werewolves have never been fully accepted, nor are they respected even a half werewolf is feared though the Lupin clan is the only half werewolf family that I know of, the only reason Samric was not discriminated was due to his position at the ministry, and the friend he had gained there, you remember how close the Ministry came to passing a Werewolf Registration law years ago? If hadn't been for Charles Lupin's influence and position at the Ministry that would have been passed without haste. Remus is determined not to allow the same fear and discrimination that he faces to be cursed upon his nephew." Dumbledore said sadly
"Would one of these certain staff members be Severus?" Madam Pomfrey asked Dumbledore nodded,
"How is Remus?" Madam Pomfrey asked, "I wanted to be there for Samric's funeral but I was caught up into a family crisis."
"He's doing well as much as much as can be expected at the least the fact that he has lost his brother and is now suddenly thrown into caring for a 11 year old boy. It has been a tramatic last few weeks for the both of them. Remus is worried about being able to take care of Cameron, he is afraid that he wont succeed as a father." Dumbledore had a hint of doubt in his voice as if he was entirely doubtful that Remus would not be capable of fatherhood. "I however feel that Remus will fare very well as a father, at any rate, by Remus's request Cameron is to go by Cameron Jenkins, and I have decided myself who shall know about Cameron true identity, Professor McGonagall, myself, you of course, Serena already knew before hand."
"Now how did she manage that one?" Madam Pomfrey asked smiling a bit
"It was Serena who found Cameron after his father had been killed, she found a boy laying unconscious in the middle of the road, she took him home and took care of him. She also accompanied me to Samric's house to meet with Remus." Dumbledore sighed "I hate to even think what would have happened to Cameron if she hadn't come along when she did."
"Why? When I read the Daily Prophet, they said it was muggles had accidentally shot Sam, thinking he was a wolf." Dumbledore shook his head
"The Ministry was keeping it all classified, I was informed by Maxwell Tomas who felt that I should be informed and he was hoping I could inform Remus. The Muggles where actually Death Eaters," Madam Pomfrey gasped Dumbledore nodded and continued solemnly
"They killed Samric knowing very well that he was a informer for our side. They knew all about Samric ability to transform into a wolf, and they knew he had a son who also had the same abilities, thankfully they didn't know what his son looked like nor did they know his name, just the fact that he was a half breed just as his father was. Cameron was hit by killing curse, thankfully Cameron wasn't hit directly. Serena says he has some kind of magic protecting him. It practically drained all of her strength to heal him. After they killed Samric the plan was to return to see if the wolf they had disabled was human or not, I'm terrified to think what might have happened if Serena hadn't come along when she did and taken Cameron with her. Which is another reason for keeping Cameron's true identity a secrete, his life could be in mortal danger if his identity is discovered, and I have decided that for the best Cameron will not be told the truth surrounding his father's death until he is older and better able to understand it."
Madam Pomfrey's tears fell again.
"Everything awful always seems to happen to the Lupin family doesn't it? That poor family."
Dumbledore gave a nod
"I have been thinking that Professor Sinistra, should also be informed, since Cameron will not be able to look at the Full moon for Astronomy class, she'll have to investigate a different assignment for Cameron."
Madam Pomfrey nodded again,
"Well he should sleep for a little bit, when he awakes I'll send for Percy Weasley to come and fetch him."
Dumbledore nodded,
"I'll be in my chamber if you need me"
Madam Pomfrey nodded and checking on Cameron once again, she left him and headed to her desk to work on paperwork.
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