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A loud groan woke him up about an hour later; Cameron blinked a few times trying to remember where he was. Pulling the curtain back Cameron heard the groan again, and saw Dan roll right out of bed, he hit the floor with a *thunk*. Slipping out of bed, Cameron shook Dan awake. Dan's eyes opened slightly, Cameron took out his wand and used a charm he had seen used many times.
"Lumos" he said softly and the end of his wand lit up with a light glow.
Dclamer: I own the names you don't recognize everything else belongs to J.K. Rowling
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"Wha- where- am I?" Dan said "Cameron!"
"What?"
"Your alive!" Dan said,
Cameron looked at the ceiling trying not laughing, he put out the lit wand with a reversing charm, and chuckled, Dan was obviously still partly asleep.
"Yes I'm fine, you're the one that fell out of bed"
Dan looked confused, so not wanting to get into a big explanation, Cameron helped Dan up to his feet, Dan crawled back into bed and Cameron did the same.
"Are you ok?" Dan asked, "What happened? One minute you where fine then the next thing I know you're on the floor unconscious and Professor Dumbledore is conjuring up a stretcher for you"
Cameron sighed
"I'll explain in the morning, ok? I'm really tired though and we've got lessons tomorrow don't forget"
"Aw wight, night" Dan said, falling back asleep.
Sleep came harder to Cameron he just couldn't sleep. An hour later, Cameron finally figured out how to get to sleep, he imagined in his mind the song Serena had sung him when she had found him on the road the one that she had used to calm him. And with this song playing in his memory Cameron was able to slip back into deep slumber.
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The next morning Cameron was bombarded with questions from the other's in the dorm. And Cameron was able to meet them all properly. In the dorm along with Dan, were the other first year boys Dean Tomas, Seamus Finnigan, Neville Longbottom, Ron, and Harry. He simply told his new friends that he had to wear sunglasses to protect his light sensitive eyes and since he hadn't been wearing them he blacked out.
Once Cameron got used to things such as the stairs changing places, doors not letting you in unless you either asked them nicely, or tickled them, the walls pretending to be doors, and the ghosts. The ghosts weren't all that bad, except maybe Peeves. Cameron liked Nearly Headless Nick who was happy to point Gryffindors the right way. The classes where just like Cameron had been told about by everyone in his family. He agreed with everyone else that the history of magic was the most boring, thought Cameron was interested in the events they discussed. Cameron did like Charms and Transfiguration; he looked foreword to Defense Against the Dark Arts and Potion. However, as the Gryffindors would find out Potions would not become their favorite class. And Defense Against The Dark Arts wasn't all that great either. Cameron saw Serena when he arrived in the class, and found out that she was an Assistant Professor, Cameron noticed how nervous Quirrell the Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher was, he had heard that Quirrell was always jittery, but Cameron noticed he was extra nervous around the students, more particular Harry and Dan. Serena was also tenser when she was around him. Cameron later found out it was because she and Quirrell were engaged and she was worried about…well everything. On Friday, Harry, Ron, Dan, and Cameron finally managed to get down to the Great Hall for breakfast without getting lost. Cameron ate his toast and listened to Ron.
"Double Potions with the Slytherins"
Cameron groaned, he hadn't been able to walk anywhere without a Slytherin teasing him for fainting. And it was getting old.
"Snape's head of Slytherin House. They say he always favors them- we'll be able to see if it's true"
Cameron swallowed
"Which teachers Snape?" he asked
George who happened to be passing and had heard Cameron pointed at the High Table, right at the pale faced teacher who had been glaring at him after he had been sorted. That was Serena's brother? They didn't look anything alike. Suddenly a whooshing sound filled the room, and Owls carrying the mail swooped in dropping off letters and packages. Dan's Barn Owl Merlin dropped a box of homemade cookies in front of him, just missing his bowel of cereal. Dan stared at them and poked at them with his spoon.
"What? Their just cookies" Ron said
Dan looked at him in horror.
"You don't know my mom's cooking." He said taking a bite of one, he sighed "Its ok one of our House elves made them" he said smiling "anybody want one?"
Dan pushed the box down the table and a bunch of Gryffindors took one. Cameron took one and him and Ron stared at Dan.
"You have House Elves?" Ron asked
Dan turned beet red.
"Er, uh, um er ya sorta" he stammered "not by choice though"
"Not by choice, Dan are you bonkers I'd love to have a house elf," Ron said
Cameron nodded
"Yeah me too, it be great to have someone to cook, my uncles cooking could kill somebody, and I'm not any better, our house is a complete disaster" Cameron shuddered "and that's when we clean it!"
A large screech owl dropped a letter in front of Cameron, he took it and read it to himself.
'Cameron Remus Lupin!' it started out, Cameron groaned, "it took him a week to send this, sheesh" he said aloud
"Who?" Ron asked
"My uncle, it took him a whole week to send me a lecture in a letter, about me fainting during the Start of the Year Feast more specially not wearing my glasses. When I knew I should be."
"Wow your families close huh? If your uncle sends something before your parents do" Harry said.
Cameron looked at the table
"Actually I er uh, live with my uncle, both my parents are er uh um dead," Cameron said and continued reading to himself. 'What where you thinking, you know better then to take your glasses off in a bright room. You're lucky that you didn't get more seriously hurt. It's happened before and you know it can happen again. Er sorry for lecturing Cameron, you know I just worry about you; it's not exactly pleasant when you receive an owl at 3 in the morning from the Headmaster, learning that your nephew fainted during dinner. When you're older Cameron you'll understand what goes through an adults mind when a letter like that comes. Congratulations on getting into Gryffindor though, I had a feeling you would, so your friends with Dan Tomas and Harry Potter, I'll never ask why friendships work out the way they do. And Ron Weasley too? I believe I've met his father on a few occasions, he knew your dad well. Write back as soon as you can and tell me about your first week. I want to hear all about it. Uncle Remus' Cameron grinned and slipped the letter into his pocket.
"Cameron, we're sorry we didn't know" Dan said
"It's ok like you said you didn't know, besides, I didn't know my mum at all, she died when I was born, and dad well er um…" Cameron's voice trailer off.
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