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Chapter 6
Star was packing her car getting ready for the start of term when she felt someone approach behind her. It was a man. She heard footsteps behind her. She felt an animal in him as well, but he was not an animagus. Werewolf. This one had power too. I know this one she said to herself. She was still restless about what had happened nearly a month ago. She put away her things in the trunk of the car and grabbed her wand quickly. She knew it was someone in the Order, but why was he walking up behind her. If she was being attacked, he would have to fight her. She quickly turned around and pointed her wand at the approaching man.
"Hello. Do you remember me?" the man asked her, his eyes on her wand.
"Yes, you're Remus Lupin. Correct?" she said lowering her wand and relaxing.
"You know, you won't be attacked here. You don't have to be on your guard."
"One can never be too careful." she said to him.
"Have you been talking to Moody?" he asked her with a smile.
"No, but if it makes you feel any better, I almost attacked him too." she said with a slight grin on her face. She did not know whether she could trust this man. The only one she remotely trusted was Dumbledore.
"I know that you have been through a terrible ordeal, but that doesn't mean that anyone here will attack you, you know. We're not Death Eaters." he said with a look of worry in his eyes.
Star studied this man for a moment. He was powerful, and if he wanted to, he would have already attacked. They were alone with no one near to come to her aid and she knew she could not beat this one. Perhaps it would be alright to trust some people. Just a little, not too much.
"Sorry. I'm still not sure who I can trust and who I can't." she said simply and continued packing. This was a test, if he meant her no harm, she could turn her back on him and have nothing to worry about. She turned back to him and as soon as she was done she smiled. She would have felt an attack coming if that is what he intended to do. He stood his ground and did not move. This one she could trust.
"I was talking to Professor McGonagall the other day you know." he said to her.
She narrowed her eyes for a moment. He knew. "Well then," she said to Lupin "you will already know that I know then. Don't worry, I won't say anything to anyone." Seeing the look on his face.
"What do you know?" he questioned the young girl.
"That you're a werewolf." she said to him with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Can't get anything by you can we? Must come in handy though. By the way, I'm not worried about anyone knowing. All in the Order know what I am." he said to her with his eyebrows raised. He couldn't help but feel impressed by her. "You aren't afraid?"
"Should I be?" she said to him "I've known a couple of werewolves. They've never done me any harm. In fact one of my friends is one." she commented with no fear or loathing in her voice.
"All packed then?" he asked her.
"Nearly. I still have a few things left upstairs. Nothing I can't carry down in the morning though. I'm going upstairs for some herbal tea. Would you like to join me?"
"Yes, that would be great." he said with a smile.
He followed Star up the stairs leading to her flat. She opened the door and let Lupin in. She walked over to the cabinets above the sink and took out a box.
"I hope you don't mind, but all I have are tea bags I'm afraid. I have either peach or berry. Which one would you like? " she asked him as she walked to the kitchen and got her tea kettle out.
"Peach would be fine." he said to her with a smile.
Star saw the smile on his face and wondered, "What is so funny?"
"It's nothing." he said sitting down at the bar that separated the kitchen and living area.
She filled the tea kettle and turned on the stove and waited for the water to boil. She got down a small mug for Lupin and a rather large red one for herself. It was twice the size of the mug that she had for Lupin. She saw Lupin looking at her glass in disbelief.
"I didn't know that they made mugs that big."
"Oh, well Americans. You know how we are. Have to have excess of everything. I have another one this size if you want one though."
"No, the one you have for me is enough." he told her. "So how did you know about me?" he asked.
"It is one of my gifts." she told him as she took off her shoes and sat down across form him. She thought of letting him know how she was able to do this but he was looking at her feet. She looked to meet his gaze and hid her feet as quickly as she could but she was too late.
"What are those on your feet?" he looked up at her almost shocked.
"Tattoos." she said simply. She looked up and saw the question forming and decided to answer before he could ask "It is a form of Muggle art. It is ink injected into the top layers of the skin by small needles. I happen to think feet are the ugliest part of a person's body. So, I had them put on my feet, so people would see something other than my feet." She saw he looked a little squirmish at the thought of needles and decided to change the subject.
She heard the kettle whistle from the stove and got up and put the tea bags in the cups and added the water. "How do you take your tea?" she asked him. "Just the way it is thanks." was his reply. She added sugar to hers and took the mugs over to the bar where he was seated.
"Looking forward for term to start?" Lupin asked Star.
"Yes and no." she told him. "I miss my friends. I hate the uniform. I know that the British are not so fond of Americans, so I am afraid this is going to be a long year."
"You'll be fine I'm sure." he told her.
Chapter 6
Star was packing her car getting ready for the start of term when she felt someone approach behind her. It was a man. She heard footsteps behind her. She felt an animal in him as well, but he was not an animagus. Werewolf. This one had power too. I know this one she said to herself. She was still restless about what had happened nearly a month ago. She put away her things in the trunk of the car and grabbed her wand quickly. She knew it was someone in the Order, but why was he walking up behind her. If she was being attacked, he would have to fight her. She quickly turned around and pointed her wand at the approaching man.
"Hello. Do you remember me?" the man asked her, his eyes on her wand.
"Yes, you're Remus Lupin. Correct?" she said lowering her wand and relaxing.
"You know, you won't be attacked here. You don't have to be on your guard."
"One can never be too careful." she said to him.
"Have you been talking to Moody?" he asked her with a smile.
"No, but if it makes you feel any better, I almost attacked him too." she said with a slight grin on her face. She did not know whether she could trust this man. The only one she remotely trusted was Dumbledore.
"I know that you have been through a terrible ordeal, but that doesn't mean that anyone here will attack you, you know. We're not Death Eaters." he said with a look of worry in his eyes.
Star studied this man for a moment. He was powerful, and if he wanted to, he would have already attacked. They were alone with no one near to come to her aid and she knew she could not beat this one. Perhaps it would be alright to trust some people. Just a little, not too much.
"Sorry. I'm still not sure who I can trust and who I can't." she said simply and continued packing. This was a test, if he meant her no harm, she could turn her back on him and have nothing to worry about. She turned back to him and as soon as she was done she smiled. She would have felt an attack coming if that is what he intended to do. He stood his ground and did not move. This one she could trust.
"I was talking to Professor McGonagall the other day you know." he said to her.
She narrowed her eyes for a moment. He knew. "Well then," she said to Lupin "you will already know that I know then. Don't worry, I won't say anything to anyone." Seeing the look on his face.
"What do you know?" he questioned the young girl.
"That you're a werewolf." she said to him with a shrug of her shoulders.
"Can't get anything by you can we? Must come in handy though. By the way, I'm not worried about anyone knowing. All in the Order know what I am." he said to her with his eyebrows raised. He couldn't help but feel impressed by her. "You aren't afraid?"
"Should I be?" she said to him "I've known a couple of werewolves. They've never done me any harm. In fact one of my friends is one." she commented with no fear or loathing in her voice.
"All packed then?" he asked her.
"Nearly. I still have a few things left upstairs. Nothing I can't carry down in the morning though. I'm going upstairs for some herbal tea. Would you like to join me?"
"Yes, that would be great." he said with a smile.
He followed Star up the stairs leading to her flat. She opened the door and let Lupin in. She walked over to the cabinets above the sink and took out a box.
"I hope you don't mind, but all I have are tea bags I'm afraid. I have either peach or berry. Which one would you like? " she asked him as she walked to the kitchen and got her tea kettle out.
"Peach would be fine." he said to her with a smile.
Star saw the smile on his face and wondered, "What is so funny?"
"It's nothing." he said sitting down at the bar that separated the kitchen and living area.
She filled the tea kettle and turned on the stove and waited for the water to boil. She got down a small mug for Lupin and a rather large red one for herself. It was twice the size of the mug that she had for Lupin. She saw Lupin looking at her glass in disbelief.
"I didn't know that they made mugs that big."
"Oh, well Americans. You know how we are. Have to have excess of everything. I have another one this size if you want one though."
"No, the one you have for me is enough." he told her. "So how did you know about me?" he asked.
"It is one of my gifts." she told him as she took off her shoes and sat down across form him. She thought of letting him know how she was able to do this but he was looking at her feet. She looked to meet his gaze and hid her feet as quickly as she could but she was too late.
"What are those on your feet?" he looked up at her almost shocked.
"Tattoos." she said simply. She looked up and saw the question forming and decided to answer before he could ask "It is a form of Muggle art. It is ink injected into the top layers of the skin by small needles. I happen to think feet are the ugliest part of a person's body. So, I had them put on my feet, so people would see something other than my feet." She saw he looked a little squirmish at the thought of needles and decided to change the subject.
She heard the kettle whistle from the stove and got up and put the tea bags in the cups and added the water. "How do you take your tea?" she asked him. "Just the way it is thanks." was his reply. She added sugar to hers and took the mugs over to the bar where he was seated.
"Looking forward for term to start?" Lupin asked Star.
"Yes and no." she told him. "I miss my friends. I hate the uniform. I know that the British are not so fond of Americans, so I am afraid this is going to be a long year."
"You'll be fine I'm sure." he told her.
